Watercolour
ca.1880 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of the right hand side of a back garden. Tree to the right, flower beds surrounded by brick tiling. Pathway around perimeter and lawn with white daisies and some yellow buttercups. Bushes only in flower beds. Sketchily drawn. Green bushes and trees in background. Dark colours, no sky.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of the back garden of 2 Bolton Gardens, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Bolton Gardens, circa 1880, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.18. |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of the right hand side of a back garden. Tree to the right, flower beds surrounded by brick tiling. Pathway around perimeter and lawn with white daisies and some yellow buttercups. Bushes only in flower beds. Sketchily drawn. Green bushes and trees in background. Dark colours, no sky. |
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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 at 2 Bolton Gardens, Kensington. 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.12, cat. no. LB.18 |
| Other number | LB.18 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.303 |
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| Record created | February 7, 2014 |
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