Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989, Whaling: Compositional Study [3] of 3, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
- Title(s):
- Whaling: Compositional Study [3] of 3
- 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:
- Circular drawing with the final composition of the plate. The tool assembly in the foreground is drawn with particular detail and care. In the bottom right corner of the page, beneath the image, Leighton has jotted a fragmented note to herself about the Whaling Museum and ship building. At the bottom left hand is a graphite sketch labeled "bond hook."
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : graphite, blue and white gouache, on 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/6197
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6197?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1