Hillside with five trees
Watercolour
22nd August 1911 (made)
22nd August 1911 (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 watercolour view of trees on a hillside on a sunny day might have been made when Beatrix Potter was staying at Hill Top, the farm she bought in the Lake District in 1905. She went on to make many studies of the landscape around Hill Top in all seasons.
This watercolour view of trees on a hillside on a sunny day might have been made when Beatrix Potter was staying at Hill Top, the farm she bought in the Lake District in 1905. She went on to make many studies of the landscape around Hill Top in all seasons.
Object details
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| Title | Hillside with five trees (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pencil study of a hillside with five trees by Beatrix Potter, dated 22nd August 1911, possibly made at Hill Top; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.587. |
| Physical description | Watercolour over pencil sketch of a hillside with five trees to the right, made on a sheet used in upright format. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Aug 22. 11' (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 22nd August 1911. 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 watercolour view of trees on a hillside on a sunny day might have been made when Beatrix Potter was staying at Hill Top, the farm she bought in the Lake District in 1905. She went on to make many studies of the landscape around Hill Top in all seasons. |
| 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.62; no.587
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.62; no.587. |
| Other number | LB.587 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1084 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2015 |
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