Cows wading into a pond
Drawing
late 19th century (drawn)
late 19th century (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.
Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching all kinds of animals from life, from her own pets, which often became the inspiration for her animal characters, to the animals that populated the Lake District farms she owned later in life. This highly finished pen and ink drawing may have been made during one of the long summer holidays Potter took with her parents as a young woman.
Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching all kinds of animals from life, from her own pets, which often became the inspiration for her animal characters, to the animals that populated the Lake District farms she owned later in life. This highly finished pen and ink drawing may have been made during one of the long summer holidays Potter took with her parents as a young woman.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cows wading into a pond |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing of a group of cows wading into a pond by Beatrix Potter, probably late 19th century; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.154. |
| Physical description | A pen and ink drawing of three cows wading into an expanse of water, with trees in the background. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'H.B.P.' (Written in ink by the artist, lower right.) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | 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 enjoyed sketching all kinds of animals from life, from her own pets, which often became the inspiration for her animal characters, to the animals that populated the Lake District farms she owned later in life. This highly finished pen and ink drawing may have been made during one of the long summer holidays Potter took with her parents as a young woman. |
| 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. 23; no. 154
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. 23; no. 154 |
| Other number | LB.154 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.391 |
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| Record created | May 3, 2017 |
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