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Drawing

09/1891 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Bedwell Lodge (drawn)
Hertfordshire (drawn)

Drawing in grey washes over pencil of a barn with three cats. Light enters through an open doorway to the left from which a kitten is looking out. Another kitten plays behind a fully grown cat in the foreground that is looking into the picture. Bridle and harness hang on the left hand wall. Brooms and pitchfork stand in left hand corner and vertical attached wooden ladder on back wall leads up to hay loft.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Agriculture
Animals and Wildlife
Farming
Illustration
Woman Artist
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour grey washes over pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing of a barn with cats, watercolour in grey washes over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Bedwell Lodge, Hertfordshire, 1891, Linder Collection object no. LC.12.B.3, catalogue no. 3.29
Physical description
Drawing in grey washes over pencil of a barn with three cats. Light enters through an open doorway to the left from which a kitten is looking out. Another kitten plays behind a fully grown cat in the foreground that is looking into the picture. Bridle and harness hang on the left hand wall. Brooms and pitchfork stand in left hand corner and vertical attached wooden ladder on back wall leads up to hay loft.
Dimensions
  • Height: 256mm
  • Width: 162mm
Greatest size of irregular sheet of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'HBP. / Sept.91'
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
Barn
Cat
Kittens
Ladder
Brooms
Bridle
Pitchfork
Place depicted
Bedwell Lodge
Associated object
LC.12/B/4 (Series)
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.21, cat. no. 3.29
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.95-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.29 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 12/B/3

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Record createdJune 4, 2013
Record URL
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