Drawing
02/1903 (drawn)
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Drawing of longcase break-arch clock (partly visible) with tall hood and surmounted by finials and engaged pilasters with capitals at springing of the arch, against left hand wall beside 18th-century upright chair, court cupboard with one door open and china on the shelves and top. Writing box on side-table in corner. A bureau with a candlestick on (also partly visible) against facing wall.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Sepia ink or paint over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of a Welsh dresser, Gwaynynog, Denbighshire, sepia ink or paint over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, February 1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.2.A.3, catalogue no. 3.26 NB: The "Welsh dresser" is actually a court-cupboard |
| Physical description | Drawing of longcase break-arch clock (partly visible) with tall hood and surmounted by finials and engaged pilasters with capitals at springing of the arch, against left hand wall beside 18th-century upright chair, court cupboard with one door open and china on the shelves and top. Writing box on side-table in corner. A bureau with a candlestick on (also partly visible) against facing wall. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Given by the Linder Collection |
| Object history | Given by Leslie Linder (1904-1973) to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of a representative selection of Beatrix Potter's work. This selection, comprising 279 drawings and 38 early editions and now known as the Linder Collection, was formerly on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1989 and 2019 form the charitable trust, The Linder Trust. |
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| Associated object | LC.12/A/3 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson (compiler). The Linder Collection of the works and drawings of Beatrix Potter: catalogue of works on paper. London: The Trustees of the Linder Collection, 1996 (1999 reprint).
p.21, catalogue no.3.26 |
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| Library number | LC 2/A/3 |
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| Record created | April 22, 2013 |
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