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Watercolour

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

Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a bank vole sitting at the entrance to a rush-thatched nest. It is nibbling at an ear of wheat and within an asymmetrical partial border comprising rushes, grasses and other plants. Space drawn out in pencil for two(?) four line verses. Position indicated in pencil to the right.


Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Books
Illustration
Watercolours
Children & Childhood
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Watercolour (Painting)
  • Backing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and sepia ink over pencil on paper
Pencil
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of Tommy Tittlemouse, watercolour and sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1905, Linder Collection object no. LC.29.B.1, catalogue no. 4.7
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink over pencil of a bank vole sitting at the entrance to a rush-thatched nest. It is nibbling at an ear of wheat and within an asymmetrical partial border comprising rushes, grasses and other plants. Space drawn out in pencil for two(?) four line verses. Position indicated in pencil to the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 210mm
  • Width: 182mm
Size of paper.
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
Voles
Wheat
Reeds
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.31, cat. no. 4.7
  • Potter, Beatrix. Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1917.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.261-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.7 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 29/B/1

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Record createdAugust 27, 2013
Record URL
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