A gateway leading from a wood into a field
Drawing
September 1904 (drawn)
September 1904 (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.
This pen and ink drawing of a gateway leading into a field appears to be a more resolved version of a composition also represented by another drawing in the Linder Bequest (BP.311, or Linder Bequest cat. no. 580). The earlier study is dated 17th September 1904, when Beatrix Potter was staying at Lingholm, Keswick, so it is likely that this more finished version also dates from around this time. The subject has been identified as the Newlands Valley, which was also the setting for her book The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle, published by Frederick Warne in 1905.
This pen and ink drawing of a gateway leading into a field appears to be a more resolved version of a composition also represented by another drawing in the Linder Bequest (BP.311, or Linder Bequest cat. no. 580). The earlier study is dated 17th September 1904, when Beatrix Potter was staying at Lingholm, Keswick, so it is likely that this more finished version also dates from around this time. The subject has been identified as the Newlands Valley, which was also the setting for her book The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle, published by Frederick Warne in 1905.
Object details
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| Title | A gateway leading from a wood into a field (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink study of a gateway leading from a wood into a field, thought to be Newlands, drawn by Beatrix Potter, probably September 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.579. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink study showing a wooden gate within a woodland, with open space beyond. |
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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, probably in 1904. 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. This pen and ink drawing of a gateway leading into a field appears to be a more resolved version of a composition also represented by another drawing in the Linder Bequest (BP.311, or Linder Bequest cat. no. 580). The earlier study is dated 17th September 1904, when Beatrix Potter was staying at Lingholm, Keswick, so it is likely that this more finished version also dates from around this time. The subject has been identified as the Newlands Valley, which was also the setting for her book The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle, published by Frederick Warne in 1905. |
| 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.61; no.579
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.61; no.579 |
| Other number | LB.579 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.310 |
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| Record created | August 5, 2015 |
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