Drawing
02/1882 (drawn)
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Drawing in sepia washes over pencil of a ruined tower on a cliff. Some stone steps lead into the tower. Grass and bushes in foreground. Sea in background with two sailing boats upon it. White layer of clouds half way up the sky.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Sepia washes over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of a ruined tower on a cliff with sailing boats in the background, sepia wash with pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Near Tenby(?), 1882, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.19. |
| Physical description | Drawing in sepia washes over pencil of a ruined tower on a cliff. Some stone steps lead into the tower. Grass and bushes in foreground. Sea in background with two sailing boats upon it. White layer of clouds half way up the sky. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in February 1882, probably whilst staying in Tenby. 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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| Associated object | BP.885 (Source) |
| 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.12, cat. no. LB.19 |
| Other number | LB.19 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.283 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2014 |
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