Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989

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Partial proof. A large portion on the right side has been left black, and figures added with gouache. The hoe, tobacco leaf, and cigar at the bottom of the design are not completed in detail.

Numbered 2 in upper right corner.

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Partial proof: large portion of the right side left black, with figures added in gouache. The left figure of that right group (wearing a hat and tying a bunch of tobacco leaves to a pole) has been added since the previous proof. More detail has been engraved into the cigar and tobacco leaf as well.

Numbered 3 in upper right corner.

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Right-most group of figures still largely left black, with additions in gouache.

Numbered 4 in upper right corner.

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There are still patches of black where figures have been outlined in gouache.

Numbered 5 in upper right corner.

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Portions of print left black, where figures have been added in gouache. All four corners are cut off, so paper is octagonal.

Numbered 6 in upper right corner.

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Outlines of background figures and right-most figure in the foreground beginning to emerge.

Numbered 7 in upper right corner.

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Right-most figure in foreground now the only figure left black.

Numbered 8 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 9 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 10 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 11 in upper right corner.

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Six roughly triangular pieces of paper cut from printed states. These depict the heads and torsos only of the two laborers working together in the bottom right quadrant of the image. It is difficult to ascertain the order in which these states were printed, but they seem to follow State 11.

Scope and Contents: Draft headed "Wedgwood Plate Notes" with extensive corrections in pencil. These are preliminary thoughts for what was to be Leighton's full page of text in the printed prospectus. Leighton describes her process for selecting the industries to be portrayed and her experience working with New Englanders. She writes: "True, they had the same arms and legs, the same far off, keen look in their eyes that you find in all fishermen, everywhere, the same angular bonyness of all tillers of the soil....

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Uncorrected draft incorporating many of the penciled changes from draft 1.

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Draft, with pencil corrections by Clare Leighton, headed "Introduction." Severely shortened version of drafts 1 and 2, for inclusion in the printed prospectus.

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Draft with corrections in pencil by Leighton; may be an earlier version than draft 3, but unclear.

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Draft, uncorrected. Not the final version of the text in the printed prospectus, but quite close.

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Signed by Leighton. Labeled: Whaling 38/50.

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Light circular sketch of the final composition of the plate. The central drawing is surrounded by four smaller circular drawings in various stages of completion.

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Slightly abstract circular painting giving a sense of the motion and final composition of the wood engraving.