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Watercolour

13/08/1910 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a cream farmhouse with another building to the left and trees on the right. More trees in the background. Rough sketch with the foreground slightly unfinished. Some elements of the drawing emphasized in heavy pencil.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing of Helm Farm, near Windermere, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, nr Windermere, 1910, Linder Collection object no. LC.14.B.3, catalogue no. 3.65
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a cream farmhouse with another building to the left and trees on the right. More trees in the background. Rough sketch with the foreground slightly unfinished. Some elements of the drawing emphasized in heavy pencil.
Dimensions
  • Height: 179mm
  • Width: 253mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Aug 13.10' (Bottom right.)
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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Place 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.27, cat. no. 3.65
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.119-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.65 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 14/B/3

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Record createdJune 11, 2013
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