Sketch of mountains
Watercolour
ca.1900-1913 (made)
ca.1900-1913 (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.
Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. This unfinished landscape study focuses on a group of Lakeland fells, the woodland in the foreground left incomplete.
Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. This unfinished landscape study focuses on a group of Lakeland fells, the woodland in the foreground left incomplete.
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Title | Sketch of mountains (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
Brief description | Watercolour over pencil sketch of mountains by Beatrix Potter, ca.1900-1913; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.655. |
Physical description | The foreground is comprised of unfinished woodland, with mountains washed in using a pale colour palette beyond. |
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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.1900-1913. 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. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. This unfinished landscape study focuses on a group of Lakeland fells, the woodland in the foreground left incomplete. |
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.68; no.655
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.68; no.655 |
Other number | LB.655 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
Collection | |
Library number | BP.973 |
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Record created | January 22, 2016 |
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