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A winter evening

Watercolour
1900 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of sitting room of Derwent Cottage, Winchelsea. Hearth with glowing fire, bellows, fire irons and rag rug. American clock and china on mantlepiece. Dark red walls with panelled dado and panelling on either side of the hearth, rush-seated bobbin-turned armchair with cushion and open door (centre background). Round table with patterned crimson cloth which is partly visible, matching rush-seated chair without arms, American wall clock and bureau.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • A winter evening (assigned by artist)
  • Sitting room, Derwent Cottage, Winchelsea (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, A winter evening, sitting room at Derwent Cottage, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Winchelsea, ca. 1900, LC.2.A.1, catalogue no. 3.41
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of sitting room of Derwent Cottage, Winchelsea. Hearth with glowing fire, bellows, fire irons and rag rug. American clock and china on mantlepiece. Dark red walls with panelled dado and panelling on either side of the hearth, rush-seated bobbin-turned armchair with cushion and open door (centre background). Round table with patterned crimson cloth which is partly visible, matching rush-seated chair without arms, American wall clock and bureau.
Dimensions
  • Width: 275mm
  • Height: 227mm
Size of paper
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
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
Place depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson (compiler). The Linder Collection of the works and drawings of Beatrix Potter: catalogue of works on paper. London: The Trustees of the Linder Collection, 1996 (1999 reprint). p.23, catalogue no. 3.41
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.9-1994 - Previous loan number
  • 3.41 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 2/A/1

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Record createdApril 17, 2013
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