Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930, Album, circa 1846-1853
- Call Number:
- MSS 16
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930
- Title(s):
- Album
- Date:
- circa 1846-1853
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 5
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2011, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Bound by Shrewsbury bookseller R. Davies, the scrapbook features drawings primarily by Baldwyn and Stanley. These provide a clear sense of how Mary guided her children in art instruction, encouraging them to copy from illustrations. Though the original sources for the drawings are unclear, the family must have had in its possession at least one illustrated copy of <title render="italic">Pilgrim’s Progress</title>, from which Baldwyn drew two scenes. Stanley seems to have been interested as well in social types, as evidenced by a series of drawings that portray, among others, a dandy, a sailor, and third-class passengers. Drawings from life include Baldwyn’s portraits of the Cuthbert children, Frances’s drawing of the cupola of St. George’s, and an unattributed watercolor of ice skaters and men engaged in the winter sport of curling. Folded into the scrapbook is also a map of Scotland, with a detailed itinerary of Mary and her husband’s August 1846 tour.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (approximately 60 drawings;1 annotated map) ; 36.5 x 23 cm. Bound in contemporary half roan and marbled boards.
- Genre:
- Children’s art, Pictorial works, Graphite drawings, Portraits, Watercolors (paintings), Caricatures, Children's art, Engravings (prints), Pen and ink drawings, Sketchbooks, and Trade cards
- Subject Terms:
- AmusementsBattlesCatholic emancipation Clothing and dressDecoration and ornamentDrawingFashionPeasantsStudy and teachingSuspension bridges
- Associated Places:
- Great BritainIrelandItalyOswestry (England)ScotlandSwitzerlandWales, North
- Associated People/Groups:
- Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, 1730-1799Knight, Richard Payne, 1751-1824Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836-1897Leighton, Charlotte, d. 1928Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930Leighton, Isabella, d. 1911Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864Leighton, Stanley, 1837-1901Parker, John, 1798-1860
- Finding Aid Title:
- Mary Leighton Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/9.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1306
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1306?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1