Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989, Grist Milling: Compositional Study [1] of 2, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989
- Title(s):
- Grist Milling: Compositional Study [1] of 2
- 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:
- 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:
- Three circular compositional studies with concepts for indoor milling scenes. The most detailed of these resembles Study 6 in composition (with the name sitting to the right of the milling wheel). To the left Leighton has made a list of objects: [illegible], scoop, sack, corn, wheat, mat (or "rat"?). In the upper right someone (not Leighton) has written "original Grist Mill Idea taken from inside" in graphite.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : black crayon 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/6246
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6246?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1