Landscape near Sidmouth, with cottages surrounded by fields and woods
Watercolour
1899-1910 (drawn)
1899-1910 (drawn)
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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.
Beatrix Potter made a number of watercolours of south Devon characterised by a bright palette and broad brushstrokes. This vivid sheet is undated but Beatrix Potter is known to have visited Sidmouth on a number of occasions, including in March 1899, April 1901, April 1902, September 1904 (possibly), and Easter 1910, so it may have been made during one of these trips. The West Country also inspired some of Potter’s writing: she conceived The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (published 1930) whilst staying in south Devon in 1883. The story’s setting is the ‘pretty little town’ of ‘Stymouth’ – a fictional blend of Sidmouth and Teignmouth in south Devon with Lyme Regis in Dorset.
Beatrix Potter made a number of watercolours of south Devon characterised by a bright palette and broad brushstrokes. This vivid sheet is undated but Beatrix Potter is known to have visited Sidmouth on a number of occasions, including in March 1899, April 1901, April 1902, September 1904 (possibly), and Easter 1910, so it may have been made during one of these trips. The West Country also inspired some of Potter’s writing: she conceived The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (published 1930) whilst staying in south Devon in 1883. The story’s setting is the ‘pretty little town’ of ‘Stymouth’ – a fictional blend of Sidmouth and Teignmouth in south Devon with Lyme Regis in Dorset.
Object details
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| Title | Landscape near Sidmouth, with cottages surrounded by fields and woods (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour landscape with a path leading to cottages surrounded by fields and woods near Sidmouth, by Beatrix Potter; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.603 |
| Physical description | A watercolour landscape with a winding path in the foreground leading towards a group of cottages in centre right; the cottages are surrounded by hills and trees. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Near Sidmouth' (inscribed on the verso (the drawing is now laid onto another sheet meaning the inscription cannot be checked)) |
| 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. |
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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 made a number of watercolours of south Devon characterised by a bright palette and broad brushstrokes. This vivid sheet is undated but Beatrix Potter is known to have visited Sidmouth on a number of occasions, including in March 1899, April 1901, April 1902, September 1904 (possibly), and Easter 1910, so it may have been made during one of these trips. The West Country also inspired some of Potter’s writing: she conceived The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (published 1930) whilst staying in south Devon in 1883. The story’s setting is the ‘pretty little town’ of ‘Stymouth’ – a fictional blend of Sidmouth and Teignmouth in south Devon with Lyme Regis in Dorset. |
| 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.64; no.603
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.64; no.603 |
| Other number | LB.603 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.345 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2015 |
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