Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989

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Signed by Leighton. Labeled: Grist mill, 7/50.

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Three circular compositional studies with concepts for indoor milling scenes. The most detailed of these resembles Study 6 in composition (with the name sitting to the right of the milling wheel). To the left Leighton has made a list of objects: [illegible], scoop, sack, corn, wheat, mat (or "rat"?). In the upper right someone (not Leighton) has written "original Grist Mill Idea taken from inside" in graphite.

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Two circular compositional studies with concepts for Grist Milling, both slightly different from the final image. The larger study has a wheelbarrow and a different tool assembly/arrangement from the final image. All elements are reversed from the final print.

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Grain bags, sieve, pail, and a paddle.

Two detailed sketches of grain/flour bags. A small round sieve with the words "light at edges" [?] beneath. A sketch of a pail and a paddle.

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Large, detailed sketch a windmill, although the sails are drawn in very lightly. Building is rounded, with a conical roof. Leighton probably saw this windmill during her travels in search of a functioning grist mill (related in her lengthy description, under "Writings - Grist Milling - Drafts 1 and 4" in this collection). However, no such building is incorporated into the final design.

Above is a sketch of a scoop. Top left corner is torn away.

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Sketches of two flour bags, a basket and a house on a hill.

Scope and Contents: Drawing of a mill under a large tree. Labeled "Gilbert Stuart's mill" in Leighton's handwriting. Gilbert Stuart's mill was the first place she visited while searching for mills in Rhode Island, and she ended up using a weeping willow "from the birthplace of Gilbert Stuart" in the final design.Leighton researched the designs for the plates largely via word-of-mouth, and her narrative for the Grist Milling plate (found under "Writings - Grist Milling" in this collection) reveals...

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Two barrels: one standing, one lying on its side. The upper left side of the page largely cut away.

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Full-page sketch of the interior of a mill. An outline of a figure sits to the right of what looks like a rotating millstone. The graphite on this page is very smudged.

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Indoor sketch of what appear to be stairs leading up the right side. In the middle, what looks like a large, rectangular mechanical sieve.

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Seems to be a long, spiraling staircase, such as would have spiraled upwards inside the grist mill. Verso: someone (not Leighton) has written "studies for original Grist Mill Idea".

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Cluster of three objects in the upper left corner. Labeled "middle sieve and basket, harpoon fork for hay".

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Numbered 1 in upper right corner.

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Numbered 2 in upper right corner.