Watercolour
04/1900 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a kitchen garden. Flowering fruit trees, some espaliered with high grey stone walls in background in front of gabled house, trees and to the right. Rows of vegetables and pea-sticks, central path. Woman in bonnet, shawl and apron and carrying basket (centre right), appears to direct man in cap and waistcoat who is hoeing (centre left).
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of a kitchen garden, The Croft, Tenby, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Tenby, 1900, Linder Collection object no. LC.14.A.1, catalogue no. 3.23 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a kitchen garden. Flowering fruit trees, some espaliered with high grey stone walls in background in front of gabled house, trees and to the right. Rows of vegetables and pea-sticks, central path. Woman in bonnet, shawl and apron and carrying basket (centre right), appears to direct man in cap and waistcoat who is hoeing (centre left). |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Tenby. Ap. 00' (In pencil.) |
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 14/A/1 |
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Record created | June 10, 2013 |
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