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Call Number:
MSS 7
Creator:
Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
Title(s):
Lobstering: Compositional Study [1] of 2
Date:
[between 1949 and 1951]
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Artwork
Part of Collection:
Oversize 2, folder 6
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 Undetermined

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 Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
In the center is a large circular sketch presenting a possibility for the plate's overall composition. The sketch is similar, but not identical, to the final image (in reverse). In the upper right corner, Leighton has drawn a two-headed arrow and written "light." Around are numerous smaller circular sketches in varying degrees of completion. Some are similar to the central image, but some present men in rowboats, etc.
Physical Description:
1 drawing : graphite on bond paper ;
Genre:
Graphite drawings, Pictorial works, Queen's ware, Letters, Photographs, and Wood engravings
Subject Terms:
Agriculture
Atlantic cod fishing
Cranberry industry
Grain
Ice industry
Lobster industry
Logging
Maple sugar industry
Marble industry and trade
Milling
Pictorial works
Shipbuilding
Tobacco farms
Whaling
Wood-engraving
Associated People/Groups:
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Leighton, 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/6324
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6324?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1