Watercolour
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.
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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. |
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Production type | Unique |
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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Library number | LC 26/A/1 |
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Record created | August 15, 2013 |
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