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Drawing

03/1876 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in pencil of a narcissus and leaves and also an outline (unfinished) of a rabbit on the right hand side of the sheet. Only rough details of the face and back of the rabbit.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing of a narcissus and also a rough outline of a rabbit, pencil, Great Britain, 1876, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.46.
Physical description
Drawing in pencil of a narcissus and leaves and also an outline (unfinished) of a rabbit on the right hand side of the sheet. Only rough details of the face and back of the rabbit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 175mm
  • Width: 250mm (Note: Size of the paper.)
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Helen Beatrix Potter, March 1876' (On the left.)
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.
Subjects depicted
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.46
Other number
LB.46 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.717

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2014
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