Watercolour
ca.1900 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a four-poster bed. Reddish-pink curtain and valance. Viewpoint from behind the head of the bed. A variety of bed coverings including striped buttonhole-stiched blanket under a thin patchwork quilt. Right hand side of the picture is less complete.
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Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of a four-poster bed, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, probably Gloucestershire, ca. 1900, Linder Collection object no. LC.9.A.4, catalogue no. 4.31 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a four-poster bed. Reddish-pink curtain and valance. Viewpoint from behind the head of the bed. A variety of bed coverings including striped buttonhole-stiched blanket under a thin patchwork quilt. Right hand side of the picture is less complete. |
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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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Other number | LOAN:LINDER TRUST.60-1994 - Previous Loan Number |
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Library number | LC 9/A/4 |
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Record created | May 15, 2013 |
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