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Drawing

1902 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in pen and ink over pencil with three designs of a rabbit sitting. Left hand rabbit is slightly less detailed, with fewer whiskers and has forepaws slightly to the right and head angled slightly to the left. The other two designs have the exact opposite. The central deign has forepaws slightly shorter and less splayed than the right hand design.


Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Drawings
Illustration
Books
Children & Childhood
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, title page for Peter Rabbit: three designs, pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1902, Linder Collection object no. LC.22.A.3, catalogue no. 4.55
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink over pencil with three designs of a rabbit sitting. Left hand rabbit is slightly less detailed, with fewer whiskers and has forepaws slightly to the right and head angled slightly to the left. The other two designs have the exact opposite. The central deign has forepaws slightly shorter and less splayed than the right hand design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 209mm
  • Width: 300mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'x' 'Reduce to 1 5/8" length . -'
    Transliteration
    In pencil below and to the right of the drawing respectively, the second with a height line.
  • 'Peter Rabbit / Title page'
    Transliteration
    In pencil (by Mr Herring). Underlined.
  • [Britannia figure, in oval cartouche] (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
Rabbits
Peter Rabbit
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.40, cat. no. 4.55
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1902. title page
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.201-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.55 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 22/A/3

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Record createdAugust 2, 2013
Record URL
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