Drawing
ca. 1905 - ca. 1913 (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.
This undated study was identified by the Beatrix Potter scholar Leslie Linder as a view of the entrance to the Lake District village of Hawkshead. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years the family spent many of their summers in the area. Following her purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she had further opportunities to draw the area surrounding Esthwaite Water, her favourite lake. There is a second sketch on the verso of the sheet, which shows hilly fields and trees.
This undated study was identified by the Beatrix Potter scholar Leslie Linder as a view of the entrance to the Lake District village of Hawkshead. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years the family spent many of their summers in the area. Following her purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she had further opportunities to draw the area surrounding Esthwaite Water, her favourite lake. There is a second sketch on the verso of the sheet, which shows hilly fields and trees.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil on paper. |
| Brief description | Watercolour over pencil study of Hawkshead (recto) and pencil sketch of fields and trees (verso) by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1905 - ca. 1913; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 552. |
| Physical description | Watercolour over pencil study of Hawkshead (recto) and pencil sketch of fields and trees (verso). |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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 the Lake District, ca. 1905 - ca. 1913. 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. This undated study was identified by the Beatrix Potter scholar Leslie Linder as a view of the entrance to the Lake District village of Hawkshead. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years the family spent many of their summers in the area. Following her purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she had further opportunities to draw the area surrounding Esthwaite Water, her favourite lake. There is a second sketch on the verso of the sheet, which shows hilly fields and trees. |
| 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.552
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.552 |
| Other number | LB.552 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1050 |
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