A rocky hillside
Drawing
14th September 1904 (drawn)
14th September 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 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. From 1885 the family regularly spent their summers at Lingholm near Keswick, where Potter made drawings of the parkland and the lake, Derwentwater. This pen and ink drawing of a rocky hillside is dated 14th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby. It has been suggested that the drawing could be related to background material for The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.) which is set in the nearby Newlands Valley and includes illustrations of the surrounding hills. Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s house is through a ‘door into the back of the hill called Cat Bells’, one of the Lake District’s most popular fells.
Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. From 1885 the family regularly spent their summers at Lingholm near Keswick, where Potter made drawings of the parkland and the lake, Derwentwater. This pen and ink drawing of a rocky hillside is dated 14th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby. It has been suggested that the drawing could be related to background material for The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.) which is set in the nearby Newlands Valley and includes illustrations of the surrounding hills. Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s house is through a ‘door into the back of the hill called Cat Bells’, one of the Lake District’s most popular fells.
Object details
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| Title | A rocky hillside (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | A rocky hillside, possibly related to background material for The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle, drawn by Beatrix Potter in pen and ink, 14th September 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.561. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink over pencil drawing of a rocky hillside with bracken. |
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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, 14th September 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 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her family on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. From 1885 the family regularly spent their summers at Lingholm near Keswick, where Potter made drawings of the parkland and the lake, Derwentwater. This pen and ink drawing of a rocky hillside is dated 14th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby. It has been suggested that the drawing could be related to background material for The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (1905, Frederick Warne & Co.) which is set in the nearby Newlands Valley and includes illustrations of the surrounding hills. Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s house is through a ‘door into the back of the hill called Cat Bells’, one of the Lake District’s most popular fells. |
| 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.60; no.561
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.60; no.561. |
| Other number | LB.561 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1031(viii) |
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