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Drawing of laced carnations

Watercolour
2 September 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (artist)

Watercolour over pencil drawing on paper of four carnations, three variegated and one red. Also several closed buds.


Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Botanical Art
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
TitleDrawing of laced carnations (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Physical description
Watercolour over pencil drawing on paper of four carnations, three variegated and one red. Also several closed buds.
Dimensions
  • Height: 179mm
  • Width: 255mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'September 2nd 1880' (Pencil inscription on recto bottom left by artist)
  • 'Carnations / p. 34 The property of Capt. Duke' (Pencil inscription by Mr. Herring on verso. A reference to The Art of Beatrix Potter (1955).)
Credit line
Given by the Linder Collection
Object history
Given by Leslie Linder (1904-1973) to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of a representative selection of Beatrix Potter's work. This selection, comprising 279 drawings and 38 early editions and now known as the Linder Collection, was formerly on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1989 and 2019 form the charitable trust, The Linder Trust.
Subjects depicted
Flowers (Plants)
Botanical Illustration
Carnations
Natural History
Flowers
Bibliographic reference
'Anne Stevenson Hobbs (compiler), The Linder Collection of the works and drawings of Beatrix Potter : catalogue of works on paper, London, 1999' Brief catalogue entry, no. 1.3
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.67-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 1.3 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 10/A/3

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Record createdSeptember 3, 2009
Record URL
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