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Lost opportunities

Watercolour
06/1890 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink of two white rabbits passing each other in a cobbled street. Female rabbit is in the foreground dressed in a silk purple dress and carrying a brown fur muff, pink bag tied in ribbon and greenish umbrella. She is observed by a white male rabbit who has just walked past, wearing a brown frock coat with brown velvet cuffs and bow behind his head, holding mistletoe in forepaw and a cane in his right. Partly visible are a road sign on the side of the building in the left foreground, lettered 'Streete', a milestone to the right and a hanging clock above the characters from one of the shops. Muted pastel colours. Vignetted.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLost opportunities (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink on paper
Brief description
Drawing, Lost opportunities: greetings card design, watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink, by Beatrix Potter, Bolton Gardens, 1890, Linder Collection object no. LC.20.B.1, catalogue no. 7.3
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink of two white rabbits passing each other in a cobbled street. Female rabbit is in the foreground dressed in a silk purple dress and carrying a brown fur muff, pink bag tied in ribbon and greenish umbrella. She is observed by a white male rabbit who has just walked past, wearing a brown frock coat with brown velvet cuffs and bow behind his head, holding mistletoe in forepaw and a cane in his right. Partly visible are a road sign on the side of the building in the left foreground, lettered 'Streete', a milestone to the right and a hanging clock above the characters from one of the shops. Muted pastel colours. Vignetted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 209mm
  • Width: 300mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HBP' (In ink, bottom right.)
  • 'REGINA / NOTE / [monogram within shield]' (Watermark.)
  • '[illegible] same size no / [block] made [deleted and erased]' (Inscribed in erased pencil.)
  • 'C' (Marked in pencil, underlined.)
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
Bibliographic references
  • 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.51, cat. no. 7.3
  • Weatherly, F. E. A Happy Pair. London, [1890]. illustration no. 6 in publication
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.185- 1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 7.3 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 20/B/1

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Record createdJuly 18, 2013
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