The Newlands valley with a distant view of the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains
Drawing
ca. 1904 (drawn)
ca. 1904 (drawn)
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Beatrix Potter 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 at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location for the family, and Beatrix Potter cemented her own connection with the area in 1905 when she purchased Hill Top near Esthwaite Water, the first of many Lakeland properties that she would own. This pencil sketch has been identified as a view of the Newlands valley, the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains visible in the background. The Newlands valley became the setting for one of Potter’s ‘little books’, The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.), which is dedicated to ‘the real little Lucy of Newlands’. The fells surrounding the valley feature as part of the background to a number of the illustrations.
Before her marriage at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location for the family, and Beatrix Potter cemented her own connection with the area in 1905 when she purchased Hill Top near Esthwaite Water, the first of many Lakeland properties that she would own. This pencil sketch has been identified as a view of the Newlands valley, the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains visible in the background. The Newlands valley became the setting for one of Potter’s ‘little books’, The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.), which is dedicated to ‘the real little Lucy of Newlands’. The fells surrounding the valley feature as part of the background to a number of the illustrations.
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| Title | The Newlands valley with a distant view of the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pencil sketch of the Newlands valley with a distant view of the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains, by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.581. |
| Physical description | A pencil sketch of a valley with a horseshoe of mountains seen in the background. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter, ca. 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 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 at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location for the family, and Beatrix Potter cemented her own connection with the area in 1905 when she purchased Hill Top near Esthwaite Water, the first of many Lakeland properties that she would own. This pencil sketch has been identified as a view of the Newlands valley, the Newlands Horseshoe of mountains visible in the background. The Newlands valley became the setting for one of Potter’s ‘little books’, The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.), which is dedicated to ‘the real little Lucy of Newlands’. The fells surrounding the valley feature as part of the background to a number of the illustrations. |
| 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.581
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.581. |
| Other number | LB.581 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1040 |
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