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The awful fate of Mr Wolf

Drawing
03/1995 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in pencil in rectangular box of 'Brer Rabbit', standing on his hind legs on a three-legged stool, observed by his offspring, pours water from a steaming kettle into holes pierced in the top of a chest, auger lies on ground. Six young rabbits, two emerging through a trap-door in foreground, onions and candle lantern hang from ceiling. Asymmetric partial frame in pen and ink over pencil, with two sheaves of corn or grass.


Object details

Categories
Anthropomorphism
Animals and Wildlife
Drawings
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Books
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Drawing
  • Mount
TitleThe awful fate of Mr Wolf (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and pen and ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, The awful fate of Mr Wolf, pencil and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, 1895, Linder Collection object no. LC.8.A.2, catalogue no. 5.10
Physical description
Drawing in pencil in rectangular box of 'Brer Rabbit', standing on his hind legs on a three-legged stool, observed by his offspring, pours water from a steaming kettle into holes pierced in the top of a chest, auger lies on ground. Six young rabbits, two emerging through a trap-door in foreground, onions and candle lantern hang from ceiling. Asymmetric partial frame in pen and ink over pencil, with two sheaves of corn or grass.
Dimensions
  • Height: 279mm
  • Width: 214mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'H.B.P. March 95 -' (In bottom left of boxed illustration.)
  • ' "Is de dogs all gone, Brer Rabbit?" / "Seem like I hear one un um / smellin' roun' de chimbly-cornder / des now". ---- / [erased pencil inscription] / "W'at dat I hear, Brer Rabbit?" / 'You hear de win' a blowin', Brer / Wolf." ' (Within border image in ink.)
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
Rabbits
Borders
Trap Door
Corn
Kettle
Brer Rabbit
Literary referenceUncle Remus, 1893, Chapter XIII, pp.67, 69 ('The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf')
Associated objects
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.47, cat. no. 5.10
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.52-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 5.1 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 8/A/2

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Record createdMay 9, 2013
Record URL
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