A lake and trees beneath a stormy sky
Watercolour
ca. 1900 - 1913 (made)
ca. 1900 - 1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) 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.
Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching the British landscape in all seasons, capturing the different locations in England, Scotland and Wales that she visited with her parents prior to her marriage in 1913. Following her purchase of Hill Top in 1905, the landscape around the farm and Esthwaite Water became a favourite subject for fleeting watercolour landscape studies. The area shown in this undated pencil and watercolour sketch is unidentified.
Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching the British landscape in all seasons, capturing the different locations in England, Scotland and Wales that she visited with her parents prior to her marriage in 1913. Following her purchase of Hill Top in 1905, the landscape around the farm and Esthwaite Water became a favourite subject for fleeting watercolour landscape studies. The area shown in this undated pencil and watercolour sketch is unidentified.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A lake and trees beneath a stormy sky (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour wash over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour over pencil landscape study showing a lake and trees beneath a stormy sky by Beatrix Potter; late 19th or early 20th century; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.643. |
| Physical description | Study of the edge of a lake, seen on the left, with trees along the shore, distant rolling holls and a stormy sky above. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Watermark: 'Danehurst / Parchment') |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | 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 (1866-1943) 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. Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching the British landscape in all seasons, capturing the different locations in England, Scotland and Wales that she visited with her parents prior to her marriage in 1913. Following her purchase of Hill Top in 1905, the landscape around the farm and Esthwaite Water became a favourite subject for fleeting watercolour landscape studies. The area shown in this undated pencil and watercolour sketch is unidentified. |
| 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.643
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.643 |
| Other number | LB.643 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.984 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2016 |
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