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Drawing

1890 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
2 Bolton Gardens (drawn)

Drawing in pen and ink over pencil of four guinea pigs. Guinea pig to far right is carrying a soup tureen, containing a spoon and wearing an apron. He is running, looking back over his shoulder at the other three guinea pigs who are running after him with their arms extended. They are wearing jackets. Flag stone flooring. Vignetted.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Greeting Cards
Illustration
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing of guinea pigs with soup tureen: greetings card design, pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Bolton Gardens, probably 1890, Linder Collection object no. LC.20.B.5, catalogue no. 7.3
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink over pencil of four guinea pigs. Guinea pig to far right is carrying a soup tureen, containing a spoon and wearing an apron. He is running, looking back over his shoulder at the other three guinea pigs who are running after him with their arms extended. They are wearing jackets. Flag stone flooring. Vignetted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 138mm
  • Width: 205mm
Size of paper.
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HBP' (Signed in ink at bottom right of drawing.)
  • 'Piebald guinea pigs - , black jackets, grey trousers - ' (In large handwriting.)
  • 'A' (In pencil, underlined. One of the designs submitted to Hildesheimer and Faulkner in 1890, design 'A'.)
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
Guinea*
Soup Tureen
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.50, cat. no. 7.1
  • Weatherly, F. E. Our Dear Relations. London, [ca.1893] Published as illustration no. 2
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.189-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 7.1 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 20/B/5

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Record createdJuly 18, 2013
Record URL
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