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Logging: Preliminary Study [5] of 13, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Box: Oversize 2, Folder: 7
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II

Scope and Contents

Peavey, sap bucket, lobstering landscape.

Labeled "Combination of ideas for 3 plates" in upper right-hand corner; each element also labeled according to the corresponding plate; these appear to be in a different hand (not Clare Leighton).

Logging: a peavey (pole with sharp clamps on the bottom for pushing logs), labeled as such, and a partial sketch of the prongs of a cant hook, labeled "cant hook" by Leighton and "Logging" in another hand.

Sugaring: sap bucket, labeled "sap bucket" by Leighton and "sugar" in another hand.

Lobstering: landscape with boats and lighthouse in the distance, labeled "lobsters" in another hand.

Upper right corner of paper cut away.

Dates

  • [between 1949 and 1951]

Creator

Physical Description

1 drawing : graphite on bond paper ;

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The materials are open for research.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Dimensions

35 x 43 cm.

Part of the Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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