Watercolour
ca. 1892 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil with white heightening of a brown rabbit, facing to the right with forepaws underneath him, just visible and right leg visible behind him.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil with white heightening on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of a rabbit, watercolour over pencil with white heightening, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, circa 1892, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.5 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil with white heightening of a brown rabbit, facing to the right with forepaws underneath him, just visible and right leg visible behind him. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
p.11, cat. no. LB.5 |
| Other number | LB.5 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.893 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2014 |
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