Not on display

Drawing

ca.1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawings: three sprays of foxgloves and a bird (recto) and chimney piece at Melford Hall in faint pencil (verso)

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Botanical Art
Gardens & Gardening
Woman Artist
Interiors
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and black ink over pencil, and faint pencil on paper
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Pencil
Drawing (Image-Making)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawings: three sprays of foxgloves and a bird, possible background study for The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, in watercolour and black ink over pencil (recto) and chimney piece at Melford Hall in faint pencil (verso), by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.4.B.2, catalogue no. 2.14
Physical description
Drawings: three sprays of foxgloves and a bird (recto) and chimney piece at Melford Hall in faint pencil (verso)
Dimensions
  • Height: 288mm
  • Width: 224mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
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
Natural History
Flowers
Birds
Botanical Illustration
Interior Views
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.11, Catalogue no 2.14
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. Possible preparatory work for tale.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.30-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.14 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 4/B/2

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Record createdApril 29, 2013
Record URL
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