Lithograph with fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, studies of a privet hawk moth and its life-cycle, a jug, a gazelle's head and rabbits
Print
04/1896 (drawn), April 1896 (made)
04/1896 (drawn), April 1896 (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.
This lithograph is dated April 1896 and reflects Beatrix Potter’s keen interest in natural history; in the 1890s she made many closely observed studies of animals and plants, informed by visits to museums including the Natural History Museum. The motif in the upper centre of a privet hawk moth seen from above reappears in her lithograph Sphinx ligustri (of which there are prints in the Linder Bequest), which focuses on numerous different aspects of the moth’s life cycle and appearance at varying degrees of magnification.
This lithograph is dated April 1896 and reflects Beatrix Potter’s keen interest in natural history; in the 1890s she made many closely observed studies of animals and plants, informed by visits to museums including the Natural History Museum. The motif in the upper centre of a privet hawk moth seen from above reappears in her lithograph Sphinx ligustri (of which there are prints in the Linder Bequest), which focuses on numerous different aspects of the moth’s life cycle and appearance at varying degrees of magnification.
Object details
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| Title | Lithograph with fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, studies of a privet hawk moth and its life-cycle, a jug, a gazelle's head and rabbits (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | lithograph, printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Trial lithograph showing a variety of subject, drawn on stone by Beatrix Potter, April 1896; Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB 698. |
| Physical description | A lithograph in landscape format comprised of thirteen different drawings, with a view of a privet hawk moth seen from above in the upper centre and a gazelle's head in the lower centre, also, four depictions of fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, the caterpillar and chrysalis of a privet hawk moth, part of a moth's wing scales, a jug, the head of a gazelle, and two depictions of rabbits. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'HBP April 96' (inscribed in stone by the artist; the '9' appears reversed in the print) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Made by Beatrix Potter in April 1896. 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. |
| Production | Trial proof, probably practising lithography |
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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. This lithograph is dated April 1896 and reflects Beatrix Potter’s keen interest in natural history; in the 1890s she made many closely observed studies of animals and plants, informed by visits to museums including the Natural History Museum. The motif in the upper centre of a privet hawk moth seen from above reappears in her lithograph Sphinx ligustri (of which there are prints in the Linder Bequest), which focuses on numerous different aspects of the moth’s life cycle and appearance at varying degrees of magnification. |
| 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.71; no. 698
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.71; no. 698 |
| Other number | LB.698 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.366(b) |
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| Record created | May 13, 2015 |
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