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The Graveyard, from the series Wuthering Heights

Artist/Maker (English, 1900–1989)
Date1930
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 5 5/16 in. (17.9 × 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (26.3 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
Edition4/30
PortfolioWuthering Heights
Object number1944.116
Status
Not on view
CopyrightClare Leighton c/o David Roland Leighton 16 Walnut Close Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 5QS United KingdomMore Information
Clare Leighton, known for her illustrations of nineteenth-century British novels, also wrote prolifically on the virtues of rural life in an increasingly urban and industrial world. These wood engravings for a 1931 edition of Wuthering Heights combine Leighton's cherished English countryside with the brooding moors of Emily Brontë's imagination.
Exhibition History
Quality and Technique in Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 4, 1996 - December 22, 1996 )
Representing the Word: Modern Book Illustrations
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 29, 2013 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary