A Duck, a Rabbit and a Chick.

Original pencil sketches by Clare Leighton on a single sheet. 27 x 21 cms. Signed by the artist in pencil. Best known for her wood engravings illustrating rural landscapes and agricultural workers in England, Europe and the American South, Clare Leighton (1898-1989) illustrated at least 65 books, as well as writing and illustrating her own books. She was the first woman to write a book on wood engraving, Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts which helped to attract other women artists into using it as a medium. These three sketches are very charming and finely done and show her skill with shading and tone which is so clear in her engravings.