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Drawing

02/1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Gwaynynog (drawn)

Drawing of longcase break-arch clock (partly visible) with tall hood and surmounted by finials and engaged pilasters with capitals at springing of the arch, against left hand wall beside 18th-century upright chair, court cupboard with one door open and china on the shelves and top. Writing box on side-table in corner. A bureau with a candlestick on (also partly visible) against facing wall.


Object details

Categories
Furniture
Drawings
Woman Artist
Tourism & Travel
Object type
drawing
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Drawing
  • Mounts
Materials and techniques
Sepia ink or paint over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Drawing of a Welsh dresser, Gwaynynog, Denbighshire, sepia ink or paint over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, February 1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.2.A.3, catalogue no. 3.26

NB: The "Welsh dresser" is actually a court-cupboard
Physical description
Drawing of longcase break-arch clock (partly visible) with tall hood and surmounted by finials and engaged pilasters with capitals at springing of the arch, against left hand wall beside 18th-century upright chair, court cupboard with one door open and china on the shelves and top. Writing box on side-table in corner. A bureau with a candlestick on (also partly visible) against facing wall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 268mm
  • Width: 230mm
Size of paper
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Gwaynynog / Feb. 1903' (By artist in left bottom corner )
  • 'A Welsh dresser, date 1696' (By artist in right hand bottom corner)
  • 'AVIEMORE' (Watermark on belt encircling fist holding dirk.)
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
Bureau
Court Cupboard
Chair
Clock
Place depicted
Gwaynynog
Associated object
LC.12/A/3 (Series)
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.21, catalogue no.3.26
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.11-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.26 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 2/A/3

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Record createdApril 22, 2013
Record URL
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