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Drawings for Dante bookplates
Drawings for Dante bookplates

Drawings for Dante bookplates

Artist Clare Leighton British, 1898–1989
Date20th century
MediumTempera and pencil on paper
Dimensionspaper (.42): 4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (11.7 × 7.9 cm)
paper (.43): 4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (11.7 × 7.9 cm)
paper (.44, irregular): 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (11.4 × 8.3 cm)
paper (.45): 4 1/2 × 3 in. (11.4 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Dr. Allan H. Gilbert
Object numberG.64.17.42-45
On View
Not on view
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 76, group of donated prints mentioned 7. A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 66.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 66.
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Trial Proofs for Dante Bookplate
Clare Leighton
circa 1948
Colored Baptizing
Clare Leighton
20th century
Fishing in the Creek
Clare Leighton
20th century
Ella with her baby
Clare Leighton
20th century
Young Ferns
Clare Leighton
20th century
Clamdiggers, Cape Cod
Clare Leighton
20th century
Girl Carrying Bucket
Clare Leighton
20th century
Windblown Tree
Clare Leighton
20th century
Whaling
Clare Leighton
20th century
Dragging Nets
Clare Leighton
20th century