Clare Leighton and Wedgwood
“Whaling” Plate
1951
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Creamware, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7/8 in. (26.7 x 26.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mrs. Alfred R.L. Dohme, and Gift of Elsie Clark Krug
Object Number
1998.509.7
Part of a series of 12 'New England Industries' scenes taken from wood blocks designed by Clare Leighton.
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Robin Reilly and George Savage, The Dictionary of Wedgewood, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Baron Publishing, 1980, p.214.
Inscribed: Marked on reverse of plate "WHALING/The great whaling days of the past, with the fleets/of whaling vessels putting into Nantucket, Salem and/New Bedford, form one of the most important aspects/of New England's growth. As early as 1712/Nantucket had embarked upon the whaling trade./By 1846 sperm-whaling had reached its zenith, with/many hundreds of ships brings a rich cargo into/the New England ports from Maine and Connecticut/NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRIES/from Wood engravings by/CLARE LEIGHTON"
Markings: Marked on reverse of plate "WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA & BARLASTON"; in script "Clare Leighton"
