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Drawing

09/1904 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in sepia ink over pencil of a stony path leading to a gate and fence at the edge of a wood. Large tree on left with thicket behind, rushes in foreground to the right. Vignetted picture.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Sepia ink over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing of a swing gate, sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Newlands, near Keswick, probably 1904, Linder Collection object no. LC.14.B.5, catalogue no. 3.58
Physical description
Drawing in sepia ink over pencil of a stony path leading to a gate and fence at the edge of a wood. Large tree on left with thicket behind, rushes in foreground to the right. Vignetted picture.
Dimensions
  • Height: 240mm
  • Width: 202mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'AVIEMORE' on belt encirling fist holding dirk. (Watermark.)
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
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.26, cat. no. 3.58
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.121-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 3.58 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 14/B/5

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Record createdJune 14, 2013
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