Two sketches of a mouse in an egg-cup
Drawing
ca.1897 (drawn)
ca.1897 (drawn)
| 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.
A version of this composition also appears in Potter’s manuscript for ‘Ninny Nanny Netticoat’, a rhyme and illustration first conceived in 1897 that was redrawn for Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes (published 1922). The finished illustration in Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes, however, does not include a mouse in an egg-cup.
The finished verse goes:
Ninny Nanny Netticoat,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose, -
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
A version of this composition also appears in Potter’s manuscript for ‘Ninny Nanny Netticoat’, a rhyme and illustration first conceived in 1897 that was redrawn for Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes (published 1922). The finished illustration in Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes, however, does not include a mouse in an egg-cup.
The finished verse goes:
Ninny Nanny Netticoat,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose, -
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
Object details
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| Title | Two sketches of a mouse in an egg-cup |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Two sketches of a mouse in an egg-cup by Beatrix Potter, ca.1897; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1017. |
| Physical description | Two sketches of a mouse in an egg-cup; in both cases the egg-cup is roughly drawn in pencil while the mouse is delineated in pen and ink. |
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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, ca.1897. 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. A version of this composition also appears in Potter’s manuscript for ‘Ninny Nanny Netticoat’, a rhyme and illustration first conceived in 1897 that was redrawn for Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes (published 1922). The finished illustration in Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes, however, does not include a mouse in an egg-cup. The finished verse goes: Ninny Nanny Netticoat, In a white petticoat, With a red nose, - The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. |
| 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.114. no.1017
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.114. no.1017 |
| Other number | LB.1017 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1015(vii) |
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| Record created | August 24, 2016 |
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