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Watercolour

21/10/1912 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Lake Windermere (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of the edge of a wood. A large beech tree is in the foreground to the left with orange/brown foliage. Clump of beeches in the background as well as some open ground.


Object details

Categories
Landscapes
Watercolours
Tourism & Travel
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Watercolour (Painting)
  • Mount
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of a forest scene, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, possibly near Lake Windermere, 1912, Linder Collection object no. LC.14.B.1, catalogue no. 3.70
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of the edge of a wood. A large beech tree is in the foreground to the left with orange/brown foliage. Clump of beeches in the background as well as some open ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 177mm
  • Width: 253mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Oct 21.12' (On bottom left.)
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
Autumn
Elm
Wood
Associated object
LC.15/A/5 (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.27, cat. no. 3.70
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.117-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.7 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 14/B/1

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Record createdJune 11, 2013
Record URL
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