A boulder-strewn path with a fence and a wood on one side
Drawing
16th September 1904 (made)
16th September 1904 (made)
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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 parents 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 path through a wooded landscape is dated 16th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby.
Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents 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 path through a wooded landscape is dated 16th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby.
Object details
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| Title | A boulder-strewn path with a fence and a wood on one side (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing of a path with a fence and a wood by Beatrix Potter, 16th September 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.637. |
| Physical description | Pen and ink drawing showing a path alongside a woodland, with rocks in the foreground and a fence and trees beyond. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Sept 16. 04' (Written 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 while staying at Lingholm, 16th 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 parents 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 path through a wooded landscape is dated 16th September 1904, which coincides with a stay at Lingholm; it is likely to have been made nearby. |
| 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.67; no.637
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.67; no.637 |
| Other number | LB.637 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1233(ii) |
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| Record created | December 3, 2015 |
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