Watercolour
1882 (drawn)
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Drawings of church steeple through trees and enlargement of steeple, both unfinished (recto), watercolour over pencil, and unfinished drawing of a ruined tower by the sea (verso).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil, wash, on paper |
| Brief description | Drawings of church steeple through trees and enlargement of steeple, both unfinished (recto), watercolour over pencil, and unfinished drawing of a ruined tower by the sea (verso), pencil and sepia wash, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1882, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.20 |
| Physical description | Drawings of church steeple through trees and enlargement of steeple, both unfinished (recto), watercolour over pencil, and unfinished drawing of a ruined tower by the sea (verso). |
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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 | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in 1882. 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. |
| 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.20 |
| Other number | LB.20 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.885 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2014 |
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