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On short term loan out for exhibition

Watercolour

05/1880 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red flowers and yellow daisies (recto) and purple vetch and yellow petals (verso).

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawings of red flowers and yellow daisies (recto) and purple vetch and yellow petals (verso), watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1880, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.53.
Physical description
Red flowers and yellow daisies (recto) and purple vetch and yellow petals (verso).
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 235mm
  • Sheet width: 315mm
Production typeUnique
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 May 1880. 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.15, cat. no. LB.53
Other number
LB.53 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.276

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2014
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