Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989, Whaling: Preliminary Study [2] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
- Title(s):
- Whaling: Preliminary Study [2] of 4
- Date:
- [between 1949 and 1951]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Artwork
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 1, folder 1
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan LLB 1968 and Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Hamway. Ten of the Wedgwood plates are the gift of Judith and Norman Zlotsky, Yale Class of 1953.
- 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:
- Whale vertebra, grapnel anchor and a bucket. Whale vertebra is almost certainly the one Leighton describes seeing on a beach, and which gave her the epiphany that allowed her to finish the composition (see under "Writings - Whaling"). It closely resembles the one she used in the final wood engraving. The grapnel anchor has a line running from it; it is labeled "grapnel" and "anchor warp" (the warp being the line that pulls the anchor). The bucket is attached to a rope and labeled "bucket for [--] oil" (the third word is difficult to decipher).
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : graphite on bond paper ;
- Genre:
- Graphite drawings, Pictorial works, Queen's ware, Letters, Photographs, and Wood engravings
- Subject Terms:
- AgricultureAtlantic cod fishingCranberry industryGrainIce industryLobster industryLoggingMaple sugar industryMarble industry and tradeMillingPictorial worksShipbuildingTobacco farmsWhalingWood-engraving
- Associated People/Groups:
- Josiah Wedgwood & SonsLeighton, Clare, 1898-1989
- Finding Aid Title:
- Clare Leighton collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/33.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/6191
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6191?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1