Aeneid
Manuscript
ca. 1880 (written)
ca. 1880 (written)
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| Place of origin |
Page torn from exercise book with the first 22 lines from Virgil's Aeneid, Book I in Latin (recto) and a rough sketch of a bird in the margin, a list of picture titles (verso).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Aeneid (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink (recto) and pencil (verso) on paper |
| Brief description | Manuscript, page torn from an exericse book with 22 lines from Virgil's Aeneid, Book I in Latin and rough sketch of a bird (sheet recto), in ink, and a list of picture titles (sheet verso), in pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, circa 1880, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.85. |
| Physical description | Page torn from exercise book with the first 22 lines from Virgil's Aeneid, Book I in Latin (recto) and a rough sketch of a bird in the margin, a list of picture titles (verso). |
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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 | 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. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Aeneid, Virgil, Book I |
| Associated object | BP.562 (Series) |
| 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.17, cat. no. LB.85 |
| Other number | LB.85 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.563 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2014 |
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