Watercolour
ca.1895 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of three lines of insect specimens. Top row contains 5 bumble bees all facing to the right and getting gradually smaller in size, bodies coloured black with red or yellow stripes. Middle row contains dorsal views of four flies and a wasp. Wasp is in the centre. Bottom row contains dorsal views of two flies and a wasp, wasp on far left. (See reference note for possible identifications.)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing: studies of bees and other insects, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1895, Linder Collection object no. LC.19.B.5, catalogue no. 2.30 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of three lines of insect specimens. Top row contains 5 bumble bees all facing to the right and getting gradually smaller in size, bodies coloured black with red or yellow stripes. Middle row contains dorsal views of four flies and a wasp. Wasp is in the centre. Bottom row contains dorsal views of two flies and a wasp, wasp on far left. (See reference note for possible identifications.) |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'OR[IENT] / TURKEY / KEN[T]' (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. |
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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.13, cat. no. 2.30 |
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| Library number | LC 19/B/5 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2013 |
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