Not on display

Drawing

1904 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in pen and ink of a mouse nursing a wide-a-wake baby mouse on a chair. Baby mouse is under a blanket with its curly tail winding out to the left. Two mice sleep in rocking cradle to the right. Their tails are crossed as they come over the end.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Books
Illustration
Children & Childhood
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on paper
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing of mouse and cradle, pen and ink, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1904, Linder Collection object no. LC.25.A.3, catalogue no. 4.77
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink of a mouse nursing a wide-a-wake baby mouse on a chair. Baby mouse is under a blanket with its curly tail winding out to the left. Two mice sleep in rocking cradle to the right. Their tails are crossed as they come over the end.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103mm
  • Width: 162mm
Size of paper, torn off at right.
Production typeUnique
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
Mouse
Cradle
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.44, cat. no. 4.77
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of two bad mice. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1904. p.48
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.226-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.77 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 25/A/3

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Record createdAugust 8, 2013
Record URL
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