Watercolour
ca.1900 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of dresser with crockery and glasses in purples, pinks, whites and yellows on the left and a window on the right with a green and white striped curtain and net half curtain. Loosely defined pot plants on the window ledge. Foreground is only in pencil and depicted is a Windsor chair.
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing, unfinished study of dresser at Harescombe Grange, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, probably at Harescombe Grange, near Stroud, ca. 1900, Linder Collection object no. LC.9.A.1, catalogue no. 4.28 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of dresser with crockery and glasses in purples, pinks, whites and yellows on the left and a window on the right with a green and white striped curtain and net half curtain. Loosely defined pot plants on the window ledge. Foreground is only in pencil and depicted is a Windsor chair. |
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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. |
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Library number | LC 9/A/1 |
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Record created | May 14, 2013 |
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