Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989, Grist Milling: Preliminary Study [4] of 9, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
- Title(s):
- Grist Milling: Preliminary Study [4] of 9
- Date:
- [between 1949 and 1951]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Artwork
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 1, folder 3
- 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:
- The 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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- Drawing of a mill under a large tree. Labeled "Gilbert Stuart's mill" in Leighton's handwriting. Gilbert Stuart's mill was the first place she visited while searching for mills in Rhode Island, and she ended up using a weeping willow "from the birthplace of Gilbert Stuart" in the final design. Leighton researched the designs for the plates largely via word-of-mouth, and her narrative for the Grist Milling plate (found under "Writings - Grist Milling" in this collection) reveals that she went on a "crazy search" for functioning grist mills in Rhode Island. In her narrative, she mentions visiting Gilbert Stuart's mill near Saunderstown. The final plate was a composite of the various scenes she saw in Rhode Island. Top left and bottom right corners cut away.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : graphite 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/6239
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6239?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1