Ivy growing up the side of a building
Drawing
ca. 1885
ca. 1885
| Artist/Maker |
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.
Beatrix Potter probably made this detailed pen and ink study of ivy growing up the side of the building in around 1885.
Beatrix Potter probably made this detailed pen and ink study of ivy growing up the side of the building in around 1885.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ivy growing up the side of a building (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing of ivy growing up the side of a building by Beatrix Potter, probably 1885; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.401 |
| Physical description | Detailed pen and ink drawing of an ivy plant growing up the side of a building, in vertical format. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | '[?] 107 Leaf Design / The [...?]' (a pencil inscription on the verso that has been partly rubbed out) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter, probably in 1885. 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. Beatrix Potter probably made this detailed pen and ink study of ivy growing up the side of the building in around 1885. |
| 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.43; no.401
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.43; no.401 |
| Other number | LB.401 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.374 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2015 |
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