Research material on Scott Leighton
name: label: Creator
content: Bain, Sherwood E., 1922-
label: Names
content: Coombs, Delbert Dana, 1850-1938
label: Names
content: Leighton, Scott, 1848-1898
topic: label: Occupation
content: Animal painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Animals in art
label: Topic
content: Animals in art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by Sherwood Bain.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bain, Sherwood E., 1922-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sherwood Bain is a stockbroker and amateur art historian residing in Boston. Scott Leighton (full name Nicholas Winfield Leighton) was an animal painter who first worked in Portland, Maine, and periodically worked with Currier & Ives after his move to Boston in 1875.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bainsher
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Research material on artist Scott Leighton compiled by Sherwood Bain in preparation for an article published in ANTIQUES magazine, 1978.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Included are correspondence about Leighton and his paintings; card files and research notes on Leighton's paintings; a biographical sketch written by Bain; photocopies of articles about Leighton; exhibition catalogs; a research file on artist Delbert Dana Coombs; and photographs and negatives of Leighton's works, his grave, and home.