Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836–1897, Album, circa 1850?
- Call Number:
- MSS 16
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836–1897
- Title(s):
- Album
- Date:
- circa 1850?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 8
- 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:
- Scrapbook features prints clipped from various sources; several business cards from shops in London, Florence, and Chiavenna; and a small group of drawings by Mary and Baldwyn. The collection of prints is peculiar in its range of subjects: among portraits, picturesque scenes, and fine-art reproductions, there are several newspaper engravings that suggest especially lurid stories. The most notable include the beheading of a prisoner—an undated journal illustration, likely for a report on the First Opium War—and an image of two men fishing a body from a pond, published in <title render="italic">The Morning Chronicle</title> and <title render="italic">The Observer</title> in November 1823. The engraving illustrated an article reporting the sensational murder that year of William Weare, who was killed by a gambling acquaintance. The case gained notoriety for the gruesome circumstances surrounding his death.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (55 prints, journal illustrations, and business cards; 7 drawings; 1 embossed Royal Coat of Arms) ; 24 x 19 cm.
- Genre:
- Engravings (prints), Watercolors (paintings), Clippings, Portraits, Trade cards , Graphite drawings, Scrapbooks, Pictorial works, Caricatures, Children's art, Pen and ink drawings, and Sketchbooks
- 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/1309
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1309?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1