Watercolour
5/7/1877 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a marguerite, stem and leaves and a specimen of grass. Grass is brown with two green leaves at base. White paint is thickly applied to marguerite head.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on blue/grey paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of marguerite and a grass sample, watercolour and pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1877, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.42 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a marguerite, stem and leaves and a specimen of grass. Grass is brown with two green leaves at base. White paint is thickly applied to marguerite head. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'July 5th, 1877' (Inscribed.) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter 5 July 1877. 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.14, cat. no. LB.42 |
| Other number | LB.42 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.763 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2014 |
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