Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836–1897, Album, 1825-1851
- Call Number:
- MSS 16
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836–1897
- Title(s):
- Album
- Date:
- 1825-1851
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 6
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2011, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Inscribed at front: “Baldwin Leighton, Loton Park, Shrewsbury, Augst. 1846”; but whether this is Mary’s husband or son is uncertain. Though the younger Leighton took the spelling “Baldwyn” in contrast to his father’s “Baldwin,” in his youth he seems to have alternated between the two. The scrapbook again reveals the children’s practice of copying from book and journal illustrations to develop their skills. Included among the drawings are Baldwyn’s awkward copy of the engraving “General Tom Thumb Got up as Frederick the Great,” published in an 1845 issue of <title render="italic">The Illustrated London News</title>; Frances’s adept reproduction of David Wilkie’s The Enthusiast, drawn from <title render="italic">The Wilkie Gallery</title> (London, 1848–50); and Isabella’s drawing after a print of George Stubbs’s <title render="italic">Mambrino</title> (1794).
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (55 drawings; 1 pressed and mounted flower) ; 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Bound in contemporary red half roan and marbled boards.
- Genre:
- Watercolors (paintings), Pen and ink drawings, Children’s art, Graphite drawings, Pictorial works, Caricatures, Children's art, Engravings (prints), Portraits, Sketchbooks, and Trade cards
- Subject Terms:
- AmusementsBattlesCatholic emancipation Clothing and dressDecoration and ornamentDrawingFashionPeasantsStudy and teachingSuspension bridges
- Associated Places:
- Great BritainIrelandItalyOswestry (England)ScotlandSwitzerlandWales, North
- Associated People/Groups:
- Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, 1730-1799Knight, Richard Payne, 1751-1824Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836-1897Leighton, Charlotte, d. 1928Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930Leighton, Isabella, d. 1911Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864Leighton, Stanley, 1837-1901Parker, John, 1798-1860
- Finding Aid Title:
- Mary Leighton Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/9.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1307
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1307?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1