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Brer Fox goes a-hunting, but Brer Rabbit bags the game

Drawing
11/1895 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in box in pencil of back view of 'Brer Fox' with gun in fore-paw and wearing a long hunting coat, the tail feathers of a pheasant protrude from his game bag. He looks down at 'Brer Rabbit lying 'dead' on the path in the centre of the illustration. Trees and bushes in background. Asymmetric partial frame below and to the left of primary illustration. Frame is in pen and ink over pencil and contains 'Brer Rabbit' sitting up, looking to back right, back view of 'Brer Fox' among the bushes, departing with gun and bag.

Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Children & Childhood
Books
Drawings
Illustration
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Drawing
  • Mount
TitleBrer Fox goes a-hunting, but Brer Rabbit bags the game (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and pen and ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, Brer Fox goes a-hunting, but Brer Rabbit bags the game, pencil and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1895, Linder Collection object no. LC.8.B.2, cat. no. 5.13
Physical description
Drawing in box in pencil of back view of 'Brer Fox' with gun in fore-paw and wearing a long hunting coat, the tail feathers of a pheasant protrude from his game bag. He looks down at 'Brer Rabbit lying 'dead' on the path in the centre of the illustration. Trees and bushes in background. Asymmetric partial frame below and to the left of primary illustration. Frame is in pen and ink over pencil and contains 'Brer Rabbit' sitting up, looking to back right, back view of 'Brer Fox' among the bushes, departing with gun and bag.
Dimensions
  • Height: 278mm
  • Width: 214mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'H. P [sic] P. Nov / - 95 - (In bottom right of primary illustration in pen by artist.)
  • 'Brer Fox t'u'n 'im over, he did, 'en 'zamine 'im, 'en say - / "Dish yer rabbit dead. He look like he bin dead / long time ... He's de fattes' rabbit w'at I ever see / but he bin dead too long. I fear'd ter take 'im / home," sez'ee' (Caption in ink below primary image slightly to the right.)
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
Rabbits
Foxes
Game
Path
Border
Shotgun
Brer Fox
Brer Rabbit
Literary referenceUncle Remus, 1893, Chapter XV, pp.74-75 ('Mr Fox goes a-Hunting')
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.48, cat. no. 5.13
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1902. p.8
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.55-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 5.13 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 8/B/2

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Record createdMay 9, 2013
Record URL
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