Kep
Watercolour
05/03/1909 (drawn)
05/03/1909 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a sheepdog standing proudly on rocky snow-covered terrain. Dog looks to the left, Swaledale sheep are gathered to the left with a few behind and to the right. Line of bare, snow covered trees in the background to the left. Blue and white wispy sky.
Object details
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| Title | Kep (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Kep, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Near Sawrey, 1909, Linder Collection Object no. LC.15.A.3, catalogue no. 3.60 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a sheepdog standing proudly on rocky snow-covered terrain. Dog looks to the left, Swaledale sheep are gathered to the left with a few behind and to the right. Line of bare, snow covered trees in the background to the left. Blue and white wispy sky. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | ' "Kep." / March 5.09 ' (In bottom 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. |
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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.26, catalogue no.3.60 |
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| Library number | LC 15/A/3 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2013 |
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