Watercolour
1910 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of two green forepaws in sleeves reaching in front of a tureen towards and centipede on the front right. Tureen is white, on a stand with enamelled flowers (probably Staffordshire bone-china, ca. 1830-40). Wooden door in background. Yellow/brown background is vignetted.
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour and sepia ink over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of Mr Jackson and the centipede, watercolour, sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1910, Linder Collection object no. LC.27.A.1, catalogue no. 4.54 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of two green forepaws in sleeves reaching in front of a tureen towards and centipede on the front right. Tureen is white, on a stand with enamelled flowers (probably Staffordshire bone-china, ca. 1830-40). Wooden door in background. Yellow/brown background is vignetted. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | '12' ringed (Marked in erased pencil, 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 27/A/1 |
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Record created | August 20, 2013 |
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