Not currently on display at the V&A

Photograph

1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (artist)
Place of origin
Melford Hall (taken)

Interior of Melford Hall, drawing room fireplace?


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Architecture
Furniture
Interiors
Metalwork
Woodwork
Ceramics
Paintings
Portraits
Woman Artist
Ceramics
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Albumen print on paper
Photographic Paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Beatrix Potter, taken at Melford Hall, 1903. Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB 1970.
Physical description
Interior of Melford Hall, drawing room fireplace?
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
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.
Subjects depicted
Fireplace
Paintings
Interior Views
Place depicted
Melford Hall
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.208 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.208
Other number
LB.1970 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.1387

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Record createdNovember 30, 2018
Record URL
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