Brer Rabbit steals Brer Wolf's fish
Drawing
01/1896 (drawn)
01/1896 (drawn)
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Drawing in pencil of primary image of a flop-eared rabbit peeping out of a half-opened doorway, paw draped over closed door-chain. In the left foreground is the back view of a wolf's head, fishing rod to his left and right fore-paw raised. Asymmetric border in pen and ink over pencil (mainly below and to the right of the primary image) illustrating the title. A rabbit peeps into fishing basket from which emerges a fish's tail, coat lies on ground in front. Rod leans against a tree. Foliage all around and reed-fringed stream or lake.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Brer Rabbit steals Brer Wolf's fish (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Brer Rabbit steals Brer Wolf's fish, pencil and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1896, Linder Collection object no. LC.8.B.3, catalogue no. 5.14 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil of primary image of a flop-eared rabbit peeping out of a half-opened doorway, paw draped over closed door-chain. In the left foreground is the back view of a wolf's head, fishing rod to his left and right fore-paw raised. Asymmetric border in pen and ink over pencil (mainly below and to the right of the primary image) illustrating the title. A rabbit peeps into fishing basket from which emerges a fish's tail, coat lies on ground in front. Rod leans against a tree. Foliage all around and reed-fringed stream or lake. |
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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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| Literary reference | Uncle Remus, 1893, Chapter XX, 102-103, 'How Mr. Rabbit saved his meat'. |
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| 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.48, cat. no. 5.14 |
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| Library number | LC 8/B/3 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2013 |
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