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Drawing

1904 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Lyme Regis (drawn)

Drawing of a street in Lyme Regis, Dorset that descends down to the sea just visible in the distance. Foreground contains a horse and cart being driven towards the viewer and a lamppost. Shops with awnings and buildings line both sides of the cobble-stone street.


Object details

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

  • Drawing
  • Mount
Materials and techniques
Sepia ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing of Lyme Regis street descending to the sea, in sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Lyme Regis, circa 1904, Linder Collection object no. LC.3.B.2, catalogue no. 3.56
Physical description
Drawing of a street in Lyme Regis, Dorset that descends down to the sea just visible in the distance. Foreground contains a horse and cart being driven towards the viewer and a lamppost. Shops with awnings and buildings line both sides of the cobble-stone street.
Dimensions
  • Height: 268mm
  • Width: 209mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Lyme Regis' (In artist's hand in pencil, bottom left.)
  • 'AVIEMORE' on belt encircling fist holding dirk. (Watermark.)
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
Cobble
Streets
Shops
Carts
Horse
Awnings
Houses
Sea
Place depicted
Lyme Regis
Associated object
LC.3/B/1
Bibliographic references
  • 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.26, cat. no. 3.56
  • 'Leslie Linder & Anne Carroll Moore, The Art of Beatrix Potter, London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1972' p.73
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Little Pig Robinson. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1930. Preparatory work for backgrounds.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.22-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.56 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 3/B/2

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Record createdApril 23, 2013
Record URL
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