Spray of fuchsia flowers
Watercolour
ca. 1895 (made)
ca. 1895 (made)
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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.
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Title | Spray 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. |
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Production type | Unique |
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. |
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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. |
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Library number | BP.1164 |
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Record created | September 3, 2009 |
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