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Spray of fuchsia flowers

Watercolour
ca. 1895 (made)
Artist/Maker

Watercolour, sepia ink and pencil drawing of a spray of fuchsia flowers. At the top a spray of flowers hangs down with one flower completed in watercolour and two flowers sketched in sepia ink. At the bottom is a very rough pencil sketch of another spray of fuchsia flowers, with two lines of sepia ink.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpray of fuchsia flowers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, sepia ink and pencil on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, sepia ink and pencil drawing of a spray of fuchsia flowers by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1895; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.214.
Physical description
Watercolour, sepia ink and pencil drawing of a spray of fuchsia flowers. At the top a spray of flowers hangs down with one flower completed in watercolour and two flowers sketched in sepia ink. At the bottom is a very rough pencil sketch of another spray of fuchsia flowers, with two lines of sepia ink.
Dimensions
  • Height: 293mm
  • Width: 229mm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Drawn by Beatrix Potter ca. 1895. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) as part of the Linder Bequest in 1973.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
'Hobbs and Whalley, Beatrix Potter : the V&A Collection, London, 1985' Brief catalogue entry, no. 214.
Other number
LB.214 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.1164

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2009
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