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Tags: William R. Leigh Manuscript Collection

Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
"Miss Rosabachs clothes" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2495 pencil on paper
Story about vanity, ignorance and greed William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8438.-4 pencil on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding packing and shipping his work, travel plans, and possibility of being asked to paint portrait William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2439 ink on paper
"Spiritual Advisers" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.391.1 ink on paper
"The Lily began to dance and sing" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.402 ink on paper
Essay on the role of government and labor William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.23 pencil on paper
Notecard caption for Leigh's painting "The Murderer" William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2368 ink on paper
Program for awards ceremony for the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal American 5127.729 ink on paper
"America, the hour is here" by Edith Terry American 4017.2475-.1 ink on paper
"Art What is it" American 4027.8411.1-.6 pencil on paper
"The very lap of luxury" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2500 ink on paper
Letter with envelope from Leigh to Mother describing sketching in Rothenburg and farmers with their pigs at market William Robinson Leigh American 3876.2120 ink on paper
Magazine-quality black and white photographs of Leigh's paintings "El Capitan, Kayenta, Arizona" and "Storm Sky Over the Rockies, Wyoming" American 4310.7874 ink on glossy card stock
"Religious People" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.391.3 ink on paper
Draft of "Last night I woke from fevered dreams" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.403-.1 ink on paper
"The Two Arms of Usury" William Robinson Leigh American 4017.8437.24 pencil on paper
Note Leigh sent out correcting a caption for a painting of "The Rescue" William Robinson Leigh American 4010.2370 ink on paper
Tract and advertisement for "The False 'Shakespeare Epitaph" American 5327.536.1-.2 ink on paper
"The Painted Desert" with note 'This is the only correct version' William Robinson Leigh American 4017.2477 ink on paper
"An American Artist's Tribute to Ireland" American 5327.538.1-.2 ink on paper