Watercolour
24/08/1905 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a gate in a wall. Path leads to a ramshackle gate in a stone wall. Gate is open in the background of the picture. Thick foliage to the right. Stone barn and trees behind back stone wall.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and sepia ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of a gate in a wall, watercolour and sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, near Merioneth, North Wales, 1905, Linder Collection object no. LC.15.A.6, catalogue no. 3.63 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a gate in a wall. Path leads to a ramshackle gate in a stone wall. Gate is open in the background of the picture. Thick foliage to the right. Stone barn and trees behind back stone wall. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Aug 24th 05' (Inscibed in pencil in 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. |
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| 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, catalogue no.3.63 |
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| Library number | LC 15/A/6 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2013 |
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