RA Collection: People and Organisations
Clare Marie Veronica Leighton, sometimes Clara Ellaline Hope Leighton or Clare Veronica Hope Leighton. English/American artist, writer and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings.
In 1915, Leighton began formal studies at the Brighton College of Art and later trained at the Slade School of Fine Art (1921–23) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she studied wood engraving under Noel Rooke.
Born: 12 April 1898 in London
Died: 4 November 1989
Nationality: British, American
Gender: Female
Clare Leighton
The farmer's year : a calendar of English husbandry / written and engraved by Clare Leighton - London: 1933
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Clare Leighton
Country matters / written and engraved by Clare Leighton - London: 1937
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Clare Leighton
Southern harvest / written and engraved by Clare Leighton - London: 1943
15/2009
Captain H. Cotton Minchin
The Legion Book / edited by Captain H. Cotton Minchin - London: 1929
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