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Watercolour

24/09/1897 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Lingholm (drawn)
Keswick (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two specimens of fungi. Left is shown two pink fungi, one with its tall cap intact and a ring around its stem, roots also visible. Right is shown two flater fungi with yellow heads and underside revealed on one on far right. Roots and ground also visible below. A cut-through section of a specimen is also shown in a fainter illustration to the right.


Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Science
Woman Artist
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Watercolour
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of coprinus comatus and amanita citrina (two specimens of fungi), watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Lingholm, Keswick, 1897, Linder Collection object no. LC.6.A.1, catalogue no. 2.23
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two specimens of fungi. Left is shown two pink fungi, one with its tall cap intact and a ring around its stem, roots also visible. Right is shown two flater fungi with yellow heads and underside revealed on one on far right. Roots and ground also visible below. A cut-through section of a specimen is also shown in a fainter illustration to the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 300mm
  • Width: 425mm
Size of paper
Content description
mycology
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Sept.24th.97 / Lingholme [sic], Keswick - ' with a vertical arrow pointing upwards beneath this. (Under left hand ill.)
  • 'Sept.25th 97 - / Lingholme [sic], Keswick' (Under right hand ill.)
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
Fungi
Natural History
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.12, cat. no. 2.23
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.40-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.23 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 6/A/1

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Record createdMay 1, 2013
Record URL
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