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Broad bean in flower

Watercolour
01/09/1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Derwentwater (drawn)
Keswick (drawn)
Fawe Park (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink of three stems of broad bean flowers. The furthest to the left is a close up of a white flower on the stem and the other two show grey/green leaves at the top and white flowers further down the stems.

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Botanical Art
Gardens & Gardening
Woman Artist
Tourism & Travel
Object type
Watercolour
TitleBroad bean in flower (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and sepia ink over pencil on paper
Pencil
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of three stems of broad beans in flower, watercolour and sepia ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Fawe Park, Derwentwater, 1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.5.A.3, cat. no. 2.12
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and sepia ink of three stems of broad bean flowers. The furthest to the left is a close up of a white flower on the stem and the other two show grey/green leaves at the top and white flowers further down the stems.
Dimensions
  • Height: 287mm
  • Width: 224mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Sept. 1. 03' (by artist in bottom left )
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
Broad Beans
Botanical Illustration
Natural History
Flowers
Associated objects
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, cat. no. 2.12
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1903. p.35-36
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.35-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 2.12 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 5/A/3

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Record createdMay 1, 2013
Record URL
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