Mr Benjamin Ram
Drawing
09/1895 (drawn)
09/1895 (drawn)
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Drawing in pencil in a box of ram with curled horns and clogs sitting in shadows hunched over, playing his fiddle, coat lies beside him on bench. Shelves, utensils and baskets above and to the left. High shelf continues above doorway which reveals a brightly lit room with two wolves inside, faces turned to the front, with their tongues hanging out, one sharpens a knife at the sink. Image contained within a frame with content to the right and below. Contains image of back view of ram carrying fiddle case under his right foreleg. Pouring rain, house among conifers in distance, crescent moon and mountains above all faintly drawn.
Object details
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| Title | Mr Benjamin Ram (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Mr Benjamin Ram, pencil and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1895, Linder Collection object no. LC.8.B.1, catalogue no. 5.12 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil in a box of ram with curled horns and clogs sitting in shadows hunched over, playing his fiddle, coat lies beside him on bench. Shelves, utensils and baskets above and to the left. High shelf continues above doorway which reveals a brightly lit room with two wolves inside, faces turned to the front, with their tongues hanging out, one sharpens a knife at the sink. Image contained within a frame with content to the right and below. Contains image of back view of ram carrying fiddle case under his right foreleg. Pouring rain, house among conifers in distance, crescent moon and mountains above all faintly drawn. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| 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 | |
| Literary reference | Nights with Uncle Remus, 1895, Chapter IX, p.59, 'Mr Benjamin Ram and his fiddle' |
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| 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. 5.12 |
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| Library number | LC 8/B/1 |
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| Record created | May 9, 2013 |
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