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1902 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a cat wearing a blue dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves and white apron and lace tucker, sitting on a white stool in front of a fireplace. She leans to take Edward VII Coronation teapot from the right hand side of the grate. Stone-flagged kitchen, with broom and mouse-traps in front left. Hanging on left are an umbrella and a 'Polly put the kettle on' kettle-holder. Fire-irons are on the range, kettle over the fire. A rabbit-skin rug is on the floor. China is on the trestle table to the right with a Dutch or Black Forest wall clock above. Cat, china and table are roughly sketched in pencil only, and clock mainly in pencil. Scene contained within heavy sepia frame.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and sepia ink over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing of the cat Ribby sitting by the fireplace: unfinished, watercolour and sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Lakefield Cottages, outside Near Sawrey, probably 1902, Linder Collection object no. LC.26.A.1, catalogue no. 4.19
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a cat wearing a blue dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves and white apron and lace tucker, sitting on a white stool in front of a fireplace. She leans to take Edward VII Coronation teapot from the right hand side of the grate. Stone-flagged kitchen, with broom and mouse-traps in front left. Hanging on left are an umbrella and a 'Polly put the kettle on' kettle-holder. Fire-irons are on the range, kettle over the fire. A rabbit-skin rug is on the floor. China is on the trestle table to the right with a Dutch or Black Forest wall clock above. Cat, china and table are roughly sketched in pencil only, and clock mainly in pencil. Scene contained within heavy sepia frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 227mm
  • Width: 290mm
Size of paper, ca. 57 x 16 mm cut out at bottom right.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'4' ringed. (Marked in erased pencil in top right.)
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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Place 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.34, cat. no. 4.19
  • Potter, Beatrix. The pie and the patty-pan. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1905. p.31
  • Potter, Beatrix. Cecily Parsley's nursery rhymes. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1922. p.24
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.231-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.19 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 26/A/1

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Record createdAugust 15, 2013
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