Watercolour
1897 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil of mice and candle. Short, white candle in pink-edged white china candle holder. Large pink and yellow upright flame. Five mice hold up a snuffer made with similar design. Two other mice to the left, one standing on candle holder. Two mice, back right, peep out from mouse hole. Sketchily coloured. Yellow and grey indicated on walls and table respectively. Pencil rules at bottom and right.
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of mice around a candle, later used as study for 'Ninny, Nanny, Netticoat' in Cecily Parsley's nursery rhymes (1922), watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, Linder Collection object no. LC.30.A.3, catalogue no. 4.15 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil of mice and candle. Short, white candle in pink-edged white china candle holder. Large pink and yellow upright flame. Five mice hold up a snuffer made with similar design. Two other mice to the left, one standing on candle holder. Two mice, back right, peep out from mouse hole. Sketchily coloured. Yellow and grey indicated on walls and table respectively. Pencil rules at bottom and right. |
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Production type | Unique |
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/3 |
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Record created | August 28, 2013 |
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