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Farm-house at Brookthorpe, Glos.

Print
October 1904 (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.

This print, entitled ‘Farm-house at Brookthorpe, Glos.’, is one of a pair of line block prints made by Edmund Evans Ltd. of Beatrix Potter landscape designs in 1904. The other, also represented in the collection, is entitled ‘Seven Leas Lane.’ Edmund Evans Ltd. printed Potter’s illustrations for the Peter Rabbit books published by Frederick Warne, but the company also took on smaller jobs for her, such as the printing of leaflets. There are three pen and ink drawings in the Linder Bequest relating to this print.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFarm-house at Brookthorpe, Glos. (published title)
Materials and techniques
line block print on paper
Brief description
Print; 'Farm-house at Brookthorpe, Glos.' drawn by Beatrix Potter and engraved as a line block and printed by Edmund Evans Ltd., October 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.598.
Physical description
Print showing a house, with a wall and trees.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 253mm
  • Sheet width: 173mm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Farm-house at Brookthrorpe / Glos - / Oct. 1904.' (Printed, lower right.)
  • 'Printed from line blocks / from pen & inks. / H B Potter' (Inscribed in pencil by the artist on the mount, verso.)
  • 'engraved & printed by Edmund Evans & Co. Racquet Court Press.' (Inscribed in pen by the artist on the mount, verso.)
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 October 1904; printed by Edmund Evans Ltd. 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.
Subjects depicted
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.

This print, entitled ‘Farm-house at Brookthorpe, Glos.’, is one of a pair of line block prints made by Edmund Evans Ltd. of Beatrix Potter landscape designs in 1904. The other, also represented in the collection, is entitled ‘Seven Leas Lane.’ Edmund Evans Ltd. printed Potter’s illustrations for the Peter Rabbit books published by Frederick Warne, but the company also took on smaller jobs for her, such as the printing of leaflets. There are three pen and ink drawings in the Linder Bequest relating to this print.
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.63; no.598 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.63; no.598
Other number
LB.598 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.235(e)

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Record createdFebruary 26, 2016
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