Tweed at Coldstream
Drawing
ca. 1894 (made)
ca. 1894 (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.
Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This undated study shows the River Tweed at Coldstream, the viewpoint taken from a hillside. Potter is known to have visited Lennel, Coldstream in summer 1894, when she spent time sketching the river, so this drawing probably dates from this trip. She said in her journal of the river: ‘I think it is a very beautiful stream and grows upon one. There is no impressive volume of water like the Tay, but it winds about in a sweet fashion, setting the meadows now on the north, now on the south and reflecting cliffs and trees in the deeper riches.’
Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This undated study shows the River Tweed at Coldstream, the viewpoint taken from a hillside. Potter is known to have visited Lennel, Coldstream in summer 1894, when she spent time sketching the river, so this drawing probably dates from this trip. She said in her journal of the river: ‘I think it is a very beautiful stream and grows upon one. There is no impressive volume of water like the Tay, but it winds about in a sweet fashion, setting the meadows now on the north, now on the south and reflecting cliffs and trees in the deeper riches.’
Object details
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| Title | Tweed at Coldstream (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | grey wash over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Grey wash and pencil sketch of the Tweed, seen from a hillside, by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1894; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.569 |
| Physical description | Grey wash over pencil view of the Tweed from a hillside. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Tweed at Coldstream' (Inscribed in pencil by the artist, lower left.) |
| 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 Coldstream, probably in 1894. 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. Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This undated study shows the River Tweed at Coldstream, the viewpoint taken from a hillside. Potter is known to have visited Lennel, Coldstream in summer 1894, when she spent time sketching the river, so this drawing probably dates from this trip. She said in her journal of the river: ‘I think it is a very beautiful stream and grows upon one. There is no impressive volume of water like the Tay, but it winds about in a sweet fashion, setting the meadows now on the north, now on the south and reflecting cliffs and trees in the deeper riches.’ |
| Bibliographic reference | Linder Bequest
p.61; no.569
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.569 |
| Other number | LB.569 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.314 |
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| Record created | August 5, 2015 |
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