Moorland and trees, Gwaynynog
Drawing
3rd June 1911 (drawn)
3rd June 1911 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Beatrix Potter made this landscape sketch in June 1911, while staying in the house of her uncle and aunt, Fred and Harriet Burton: Gwaynynog, in Denbighshire in Wales. Before her marriage in 1913, Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for holidays, and from 1903 until her marriage she visited Gwaynynog regularly. The house and garden inspired two unpublished stories, an unfinished tale of two bats, ‘Flittermouse and Fluttermouse’, and the story ‘Llewellyn’s Well’, written around the time this sketch was made, in 1911. The garden at Gwaynynog, which Potter described in her journal in 1903 as ‘the prettiest kind of garden’, also became the setting for one of Beatrix Potter’s published ‘little books’; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. This sketch shows the surrounding landscape.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Moorland and trees, Gwaynynog (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Sketch of moorland with a line of trees on the left, drawn by Beatrix Potter at Gwaynynog on 3rd June 1911; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.549. |
| Physical description | A pencil and pen and ink sketch of fields or moorland, with a line of trees on the left. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Gwaynynog June 3rd 11' (Inscribed in pencil by the artist, bottom 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 at Gwaynynog, 3rd June 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 made this landscape sketch in June 1911, while staying in the house of her uncle and aunt, Fred and Harriet Burton: Gwaynynog, in Denbighshire in Wales. Before her marriage in 1913, Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for holidays, and from 1903 until her marriage she visited Gwaynynog regularly. The house and garden inspired two unpublished stories, an unfinished tale of two bats, ‘Flittermouse and Fluttermouse’, and the story ‘Llewellyn’s Well’, written around the time this sketch was made, in 1911. The garden at Gwaynynog, which Potter described in her journal in 1903 as ‘the prettiest kind of garden’, also became the setting for one of Beatrix Potter’s published ‘little books’; The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. This sketch shows the surrounding landscape. |
| 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.59; no.549
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.59; no.549. |
| Other number | LB.549 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1028 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2015 |
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