Three double daisies
Watercolour
ca. 1880s (drawn)
ca. 1880s (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.
Potter drew flowers from a young age, when she drew inspiration from books about flowers and began to make careful studies from life. Her flower studies reference the accurate depiction associated with Botanical illustration but also celebrate the beauty of the subject.
Potter drew flowers from a young age, when she drew inspiration from books about flowers and began to make careful studies from life. Her flower studies reference the accurate depiction associated with Botanical illustration but also celebrate the beauty of the subject.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Three double daisies |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil on card |
| Brief description | Drawing; watercolour study of three double daisies, by Beatrix Potter; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.265 |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing of three double daisies. |
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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, ca. 1880s. 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. Potter drew flowers from a young age, when she drew inspiration from books about flowers and began to make careful studies from life. Her flower studies reference the accurate depiction associated with Botanical illustration but also celebrate the beauty of the subject. |
| 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.31; no.265
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.31; no.265 |
| Other number | LB.265 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.271 |
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| Record created | January 6, 2017 |
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