Digging the Garden, from the series Wuthering Heights
Artist/Maker
Clare Leighton
(English, 1900–1989)
Date1930
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 5 1/4 in. (17.9 × 13.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (24 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (24 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
Edition4/30
PortfolioWuthering Heights
Object number1944.118
Status
Not on viewClare 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
Representing the Word: Modern Book Illustrations
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 29, 2013 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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