Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989
Found in 338 Collections and/or Records:
Whaling: Compositional Study [3] of 3, [between 1949 and 1951]
Circular drawing with the final composition of the plate. The tool assembly in the foreground is drawn with particular detail and care. In the bottom right corner of the page, beneath the image, Leighton has jotted a fragmented note to herself about the Whaling Museum and ship building. At the bottom left hand is a graphite sketch labeled "bond hook."
Whaling (draft 1) , [circa 1952]
Whaling (draft 2), [circa 1952]
Whaling (draft 3), [circa 1952]
Whaling: Final Proof [1] of 1, [between 1949 and 1951]
Unsigned final proof.
Whaling: Preliminary Study [1] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Two harpoon heads, a knife and a whaling lance. The lance is labeled "lance" and next to it, Leighton has written what looks like "Cutting in Rock" (which is crossed out).
Whaling: Preliminary Study [2] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Whaling: Preliminary Study [3] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Sketch of whalers in a whaling boat, with a large toothy sperm whale behind them. To the right, squiggles to test the thickness of different graphite pencils.
Whaling: Preliminary Study [4] of 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Large, detailed sketch of a bundle of sailing block and tackle.
Whaling: State 1, [between 1949 and 1951]
Ship in upper right-hand drawn in with graphite. Figures in boat seen as black silhouettes. Some holes in paper.
Numbered 1 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 2, [between 1949 and 1951]
White space in upper right where ship will appear. Figures in boat only seen in black silhouette.
Numbered 2 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 3, [between 1949 and 1951]
Ship in upper-right corner appears in almost full detail. Figures in boat seen in black silhouette.
Numbered 3 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 4, [between 1949 and 1951]
Some bad creasing runs diagonal across lower half of image.
Numbered 4 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 5, [between 1949 and 1951]
Men in boat still seen only in black silhouette. Small sketch of a ship in graphite in lower right corner of page, outside the image. Reddish stains on paper.
Numbered 5 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 6, [between 1949 and 1951]
Figures in boat still printed as black silhouettes, but this is the first proof with details added to the figures in gouache. Small tear in the paper.
Numbered 6 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 7, [between 1949 and 1951]
First proof with engraved details on the figures in the whaling boat.
Numbered 7 in upper right corner.
Whaling: State 8, [between 1949 and 1951]
Numbered 8 in upper right corner.
Whaling: Wedgwood plate, [1952]
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- Type
- Archival Object 337
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Wood engravings 156
- Graphite drawings 131
- Logging -- Pictorial works 31
- Marble industry and trade -- Pictorial works 31
- Maple sugar industry -- Pictorial works 30
- Lobster industry -- Pictorial works 28
- Tobacco farms -- Pictorial works 28
- Grain -- Milling -- Pictorial works 26
- Shipbuilding -- Pictorial works 25
- Cranberry industry -- Pictorial works 24
- Agriculture -- Pictorial works 23
- Atlantic cod fishing -- Pictorial works 23
- Ice industry -- Pictorial works 20
- Whaling -- Pictorial works 19
- Queen's ware 13
- Photographs 9
- Wood-engraving 8
- Grain -- Milling 5
- Cranberry industry 3
- Ice industry 3 ∧ less