Not currently on display at the V&A

Photograph

August 1884 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A teenage Beatrix Potter in summer dress and hat, standing on a bridge over some water within a garden with trees and outbuildings visible behind her


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Albumen print on paper
Brief description
Photograph of Beatrix Potter standing on a bridge overlooking a pond at Bush Hall, Hertfordshire, by Rupert Potter, Great Britain, August 1884; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.2073.
Physical description
A teenage Beatrix Potter in summer dress and hat, standing on a bridge over some water within a garden with trees and outbuildings visible behind her
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
Place depicted
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.215, cat. no. LB.2073 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.215
Other number
LB.2073 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.1512

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2019
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