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Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989

 Person

Found in 338 Collections and/or Records:

Farming: Compositional Study [1] of 2, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Circular compositional study, labeled "Farming." In the upper right, a smaller circular study. At bottom is noted: "8 or 16 more [?] film".

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Compositional Study [2] of 2, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

A circular design for the overall plate. Almost identical to final image and rendered in detail, except the reaper's hands are left undrawn and the grain cradle is a rougher sketch.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [1] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Depictions of three different tools, labeled, from left to right: harpoon fork for hay, flail, and mortising axe.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [2] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

The top study appears to be a hoe of some kind, labeled "hand graver"(?). Beneath is a more elaborate picture of what looks like a hand-driven plow. Leighton has written in graphite, "too short", "11 teeth", and "marker."

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [3] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Ox yoke and adze.

One study shows part of what looks like curved metal or wood, and is very close to a drawing of an oxen yoke, labeled "single ox." To the right is a drawing of an adze, labeled as such. The adze likely belongs to the Shipbuilding series. A 16x17 cm rectangle has been cut from the bottom middle; it may have had drawings for Cranberrying, since the word "berry" is visible at the edge.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [4] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Jug and Sickle.

Page dominated by a drawing of a jug with a cork in it, and a sickle in the foreground. Labeled "jug & grain sickle." In the upper right is a drawing of a piece of curved wood resembling a yoke. The word "yoke" has been crossed out, and above it is written "[illegible] chine."

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [5] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Labeled drawing of a grain cradle (the tool held by the reaper in the final woodcut).

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [6] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Smallish drawing of barns and silos (three silos in the front of the buildings).

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [7] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Full-page landscape of barns, with three silos to the left.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [8] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Landscape with barn buildings. In the lower right, a detail of shadows under barn roofs.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [9] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Full-page landscape of wooded hills with details of trees, bushes, etc.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: Preliminary Study [10] of 10, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Very rough sketch of wooded hills.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 1, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Partial print (large triangular portions did not receive ink).

Numbered 1 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 2, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Partial print, with large triangular portions left blank where the cradle will be engraved. The reaper's legs, missing in State 1, are now visible. Paper cut irregularly.

Numbered 2 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 3, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Part of image left blank. The outline of the grain cradle has been drawn in graphite into the blank space.

Numbered 3 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 4, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

The grain cradle remains un-engraved and has been drawn in with graphite. Large portions of wheat corrected with gouache.

Numbered 4 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 5, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

First proof in which the grain cradle and wheat being reaped have been printed (rather than drawn with graphite).

Numbered 5 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 6, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Image has been crossed out with graphite.

Numbered 6 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 7, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Shows considerably more detail in the grain cradle and wheat being reaped.

Numbered 7 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Farming: State 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 3: Series 2, Folder: 12
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Image is mostly complete; corrections in gouache mostly on the reaper's fingers.

Numbered 8 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

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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