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Drawing

1911 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in black ink over pencil of a mother mouse nursing a baby mouse. Cradle with three more baby mice to the left. Mouse at doorway with basket, looks in on scene. Doorway is up a small flight of stairs and is presumably a mouse-hole.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Books
Illustration
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Children & Childhood
Interiors
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Black ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing of the mouse Hunca Munca with cradle: study for Peter Rabbit's painting book (1911), black ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, possibly 1911, Linder Collection object no. LC.31.B.4, catalogue no. 7.10
Physical description
Drawing in black ink over pencil of a mother mouse nursing a baby mouse. Cradle with three more baby mice to the left. Mouse at doorway with basket, looks in on scene. Doorway is up a small flight of stairs and is presumably a mouse-hole.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205mm
  • Width: 168mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'The Elmsdale' [In flowing script] / 'Tub [illegible] [3 or 5]' (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.
Subjects depicted
Mice
Cradle
Stairs
Mouse Hole
Hunca Munca
Associated objects
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.52, cat. no. 7.10
  • Potter, Beatrix. Peter Rabbit's painting book. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1911. 12th pair of pictures
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.279- 1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 7.1 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 31/B/4

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Record createdSeptember 5, 2013
Record URL
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