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Drawing

1905 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Hawkshead (drawn)

Drawing in sepia ink over pencil. Cat wearing a bonnet, apron and cape and carrying a basket over its forepaw exits a shop with a sign reading 'T TWITCHIT' above the door and looks to the left. Inside the shop another cat is visible looking out from the counter with weighing scales. To the left outside the shop are two kittens playing.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Illustration
Anthropomorphism
Books
Children & Childhood
Animals and Wildlife
Architecture
Tourism & Travel
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Sepia ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing of Ribby by Tabitha Twitchit's shop in Hawkshead, sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, probably Hawkshead, probably 1905, Linder Collection object no. LC.26.A.4, catalogue no. 4.18
Physical description
Drawing in sepia ink over pencil. Cat wearing a bonnet, apron and cape and carrying a basket over its forepaw exits a shop with a sign reading 'T TWITCHIT' above the door and looks to the left. Inside the shop another cat is visible looking out from the counter with weighing scales. To the left outside the shop are two kittens playing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 128mm
  • Width: 203mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • '4' ringed (In pencil in top right.)
  • '[EDME]STON' (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
Cats
Shop
Scales
Ribby
Tabitha Twitchit
Place depicted
Hawkshead
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. 4.18
  • Potter, Beatrix. The pie and the patty-pan. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1905. p.25
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.234-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.18 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 26/A/4

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Record createdAugust 16, 2013
Record URL
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