Watercolour
19/11/1909 (made)
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This background study features the crossroads behind Hill Top where Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) and the Hawkshead solicitor William Heelis often walked during their courtship. In her initial studies, Potter sometimes departed from her signature light palette. This watercolour expresses the moody and romantic quality of the Lakeland scenery – often associated with the Romantic poets.
The study was later used by Potter to serve as the background for the frontispiece for The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913). Two pigs were added in the foreground, Pigling Bland and his brother Alexander on their way to market.
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three original Peter Rabbit books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale
The study was later used by Potter to serve as the background for the frontispiece for The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913). Two pigs were added in the foreground, Pigling Bland and his brother Alexander on their way to market.
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three original Peter Rabbit books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of crossroads and a sign-post near Sawrey, watercolour, by Beatrix Potter, Sawrey, 1909; Linder Collection object no. LC.28.B.2, catalogue no. 4.64. |
| Physical description | Watercolour depicting a T-junction in the Lake District behind the village of Near Sawrey. One road leads up a hill to the left, another down to the right, and one leads towards the viewer. A signpost is positioned where the roads meet and a swing gate into a field and fells behind. Hedges and bare trees line the sides of the roads and cast shadows upon them. Deep purples, blues and browns are used as well as a lighter palette of greens and yellows. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Nov 19th 09' |
| 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. |
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| Summary | This background study features the crossroads behind Hill Top where Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) and the Hawkshead solicitor William Heelis often walked during their courtship. In her initial studies, Potter sometimes departed from her signature light palette. This watercolour expresses the moody and romantic quality of the Lakeland scenery – often associated with the Romantic poets. The study was later used by Potter to serve as the background for the frontispiece for The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913). Two pigs were added in the foreground, Pigling Bland and his brother Alexander on their way to market. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three original Peter Rabbit books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale |
| Associated object | LC.28/B/1 (Depiction) |
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| Library number | LC 28/B/2 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2011 |
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