The White Rabbit running along a long panelled corridor
Watercolour
ca. 1895 (made)
ca. 1895 (made)
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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.
When Beatrix Potter was presented with a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a child, she was immediately ‘absorbed with Tenniel’s illustrations’. Before publishing her own stories, Potter illustrated fairy tales and classic texts, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, to amuse herself and to develop her technique. In the 1890s her pet rabbit, Peter Piper, became the model for Potter’s own illustrations of the White Rabbit.
When Beatrix Potter was presented with a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a child, she was immediately ‘absorbed with Tenniel’s illustrations’. Before publishing her own stories, Potter illustrated fairy tales and classic texts, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, to amuse herself and to develop her technique. In the 1890s her pet rabbit, Peter Piper, became the model for Potter’s own illustrations of the White Rabbit.
Object details
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| Title | The White Rabbit running along a long panelled corridor (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pencil drawing of the White Rabbit running along a corridor, an illustration to Lewis Caroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland drawn by Beatrix Potter, ca.1895; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.972. |
| Physical description | A watercolour over pencil illustration of a white rabbit in a blue coat running along a long wood-panelled corridor, pulling on his white gloves as he runs. The illustration sits within a rough pencil border. Mounted with a related illustration (object number BP.455(b)). |
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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 | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in ca. 1895. 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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| Summary | Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale. When Beatrix Potter was presented with a copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as a child, she was immediately ‘absorbed with Tenniel’s illustrations’. Before publishing her own stories, Potter illustrated fairy tales and classic texts, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, to amuse herself and to develop her technique. In the 1890s her pet rabbit, Peter Piper, became the model for Potter’s own illustrations of the White Rabbit. |
| 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.106; no.972
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.106; no.972 |
| Other number | LB.972 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.455(a) |
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