Pig in a tub
Watercolour
1899 (drawn)
1899 (drawn)
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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 made many imaginary drawings in the 1890s, before her books had been published. This drawing of a little pig bathing in a tub is dated 1899. It may be a precursor to one of the illustrations in Potter’s later book The Tale of Pigling Bland (Frederick Warne, 1913): a black and white illustration within the tale, although different in detail, also shows a little pig bathing in a wooden tub (p. 11 in the 2002 edition).
Beatrix Potter made many imaginary drawings in the 1890s, before her books had been published. This drawing of a little pig bathing in a tub is dated 1899. It may be a precursor to one of the illustrations in Potter’s later book The Tale of Pigling Bland (Frederick Warne, 1913): a black and white illustration within the tale, although different in detail, also shows a little pig bathing in a wooden tub (p. 11 in the 2002 edition).
Object details
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| Title | Pig in a tub |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pen and ink drawing of a pig in a tub with a towel horse, watering-can, soap and sponge beside it; by Beatrix Potter, 1899; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1000 |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing showing a little black pig bathing in a wooden tub, with a watering-can, a towel horse, soap and a sponge beside the tub. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| 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 1899. 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 made many imaginary drawings in the 1890s, before her books had been published. This drawing of a little pig bathing in a tub is dated 1899. It may be a precursor to one of the illustrations in Potter’s later book The Tale of Pigling Bland (Frederick Warne, 1913): a black and white illustration within the tale, although different in detail, also shows a little pig bathing in a wooden tub (p. 11 in the 2002 edition). |
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| Other number | LB.1000 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.263 |
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| Record created | August 5, 2016 |
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