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Watercolour

1906 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Esthwaite Water (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink in close up of three white water lily flowers and many lily pads of varying greens with tinges of brown and red. Water appears deep brown. Green reeds come up between the lilies. Artwork to the edge of the paper.

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Object details

Categories
Botanical Art
Watercolours
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, ink wash, black ink and Indian ink on paper
Watercolour (Paint)
Ink
Indian Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Wash
Brief description
Drawing of water lilies in watercolour, ink wash, black ink and Indian ink, by Beatrix Potter, probably at Esthwaite Water, Cumbria, circa 1906, Linder Collection object no. 3.A.2, catalogue no. 2.19
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink in close up of three white water lily flowers and many lily pads of varying greens with tinges of brown and red. Water appears deep brown. Green reeds come up between the lilies. Artwork to the edge of the paper.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 227mm
  • Sheet width: 291mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'I & J H / KENT' (Watermark)
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.
Subjects depicted
Water Lilies
Reeds
Lakes
Natural History
Flowers
Botanical Illustration
Places depicted
Esthwaite Water
Lake District
Bibliographic references
  • 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.12, catalogue no. 2.19
  • 'Leslie Linder & Anne Carroll Moore, The Art of Beatrix Potter, London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1972' p.324
  • Potter, Beatrix.The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. pp.16, 35, 47
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.18-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.19 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 3/A/2

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Record createdApril 23, 2013
Record URL
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