Watercolour
1893 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of five brown and white long-haired guinea pigs working in a garden. Three are using spades and one a rake on a large bed of earth. They are inspected by the fifth, through a pince-nez, wearing a long blue greatcoat and watching on the path that runs across the picture. Young lettuces in a row in the foreground. Vignetted illustration.
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of guinea pigs gardening, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1893, Linder Collection object no. LC.30.A.1, catalogue no. 4.13 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of five brown and white long-haired guinea pigs working in a garden. Three are using spades and one a rake on a large bed of earth. They are inspected by the fifth, through a pince-nez, wearing a long blue greatcoat and watching on the path that runs across the picture. Young lettuces in a row in the foreground. Vignetted illustration. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'H.B P' (Signed in ink at bottom 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 30/A/1 |
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Record created | August 28, 2013 |
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