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Fruit

Watercolour
ca.1900 (drawn)
Artist/Maker

Drawing in watercolour and ink over pencil of blackcurrants (bottom left) and raspberries (top right). Fruit still on sprays with pale dark green leaves. Two sprays of raspberries.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFruit (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and ink (black and possibly sepia) over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, Fruit, watercolour, black and sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1900, Linder Collection object no. LC.10.B.6, cat. no. 2.20
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and ink over pencil of blackcurrants (bottom left) and raspberries (top right). Fruit still on sprays with pale dark green leaves. Two sprays of raspberries.
Dimensions
  • Height: 291mm
  • Width: 223mm
Size of paper
Production typeUnique
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.12, cat no. 2.20
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.76-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.2 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 10/B/6

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Record createdMay 24, 2013
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