Drawing
1893 (drawn)
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Drawing in pencil and touches of pen and ink of three guinea pigs with spades gardening and the head of a fourth's head sketched twice behind the others. Another guinea pig in a greatcoat and slippers looks on through a pince-nez from the pathway that runs across the picture. Some lettuces sketchily indicated in the foreground.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Pencil and touches of pen and ink on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of guinea pigs gardening: preliminary sketch, pencil and some pen and ink, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1893, Linder Collection object no. LC.30.A.2, catalogue no. 4.14 |
Physical description | Drawing in pencil and touches of pen and ink of three guinea pigs with spades gardening and the head of a fourth's head sketched twice behind the others. Another guinea pig in a greatcoat and slippers looks on through a pince-nez from the pathway that runs across the picture. Some lettuces sketchily indicated in the foreground. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | [edge of Britannia figure, in oval cartouche] (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. |
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Associated object | LC.30/A/1 (Study for) |
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Library number | LC 30/A/2 |
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Record created | August 28, 2013 |
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