Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989, Logging: Compositional Study [4] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
- Title(s):
- Logging: Compositional Study [4] of 4
- Date:
- [between 1949 and 1951]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Artwork
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 2, folder 7
- 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:
- Circular sketch of overall composition of the plate. Of the four, this is closest to the final image. The central figure's straightened leg has been erased and re-drawn with a bent knee, and his hand position resembles that of final image. Verso: a very rough circular image in graphite.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : graphite and white gouache on stiff, long-fibered Japanese 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/6359
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6359?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1