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Roedeer's Head

Drawing
ca.1895 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Natural History Museum (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour grey washes over pencil of a stuffed roe deer's head slightly side-on with its right eye visible. Delicate brushwork to create the impression of fur and the texture of the antlers.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Woman Artist
Object type
Drawing
TitleRoedeer's Head (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour grey wash over pencil on paper
Watercolour (Paint)
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing, Roedeer's Head, watercolour grey washes over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1895, Linder Collection object no. LC.5.B.1, catalogue no. 2.7
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour grey washes over pencil of a stuffed roe deer's head slightly side-on with its right eye visible. Delicate brushwork to create the impression of fur and the texture of the antlers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 369mm
  • Width: 290mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Red deer / 2.45' [sic] (in erased pencil, probably by Leslie Linder)
  • '6005'[?] (In erased pencil)
  • 'JOYNSON' (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
Roe Deer
Taxidermy
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.10, cat. no.2.7
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.37-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.7 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 5/B/1

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Record createdMay 1, 2013
Record URL
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