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Watercolour

ca.1880 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a bowl containing a red, a pink, a yellow and a pink and yellow rose and pieces of fern in a light blue bowl. Purple, red and green plums in front of bowl. Wooden panelling behind the bowl. White space around outlines of all the fruit and flowers not filled by the background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing of a bowl of roses and ferns behind a group of plums (unfinished), watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1880, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.58.
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a bowl containing a red, a pink, a yellow and a pink and yellow rose and pieces of fern in a light blue bowl. Purple, red and green plums in front of bowl. Wooden panelling behind the bowl. White space around outlines of all the fruit and flowers not filled by the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 230mm
  • Width: 295mm (Note: Size of paper.)
Production typeUnique
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.15, cat. no. LB.58
Other number
LB.58 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.224

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2014
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