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Drawing

ca.1887 (drawn)
Artist/Maker

Drawings. Left hand image is an outlined dorsal view of a beetle in pen and ink over pencil. Right hand image is of a magnified head and thorax of a beetle in watercolour greens, yellows and greys.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawings of a beetle, dorsal view and head and thorax, watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, ca.1887, Linder Collection object no LC.6.B.3, catalogue no. 2.33
Physical description
Drawings. Left hand image is an outlined dorsal view of a beetle in pen and ink over pencil. Right hand image is of a magnified head and thorax of a beetle in watercolour greens, yellows and greys.
Dimensions
  • Height: 267mm
  • Width: 364mm
Size of paper
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A' (Marked either side of head close up.)
  • 'B' (Above illustration of head.)
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
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.14, cat. no. 2.33
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.44-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.33 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 6/B/3

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Record createdMay 8, 2013
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