Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989, Marble Quarrying: Preliminary Study [10] of 12, [between 1949 and 1951]
- Call Number:
- MSS 7
- Creator:
- Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
- Title(s):
- Marble Quarrying: Preliminary Study [10] of 12
- Date:
- [between 1949 and 1951]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Artwork
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 2, folder 8
- 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:
- On one side is a dark L-shaped shadow marking the cleavage of a block of marble. On the other half of the page, beneath a heavily crumpled corner, is the neck of a crane with a hastily-sketched hook dangling from it.
- 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/6384
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/6384?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1