Not on display

Watercolour

ca.1905 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour and bodycolour over pencil. Clump of daisies looked upon from above. Flowers point in all different directions with buds and blossoms visible. White paint added to the petals, pink at edges of petals. Brown textured background.

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Botanical Art
Gardens & Gardening
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil on paper
Pencil
Bodycolour
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of daisy plant in grass, watercolour and bodycolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1905, Linder Collection object no. LC.15.B.1, catalogue no. 2.13
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour and bodycolour over pencil. Clump of daisies looked upon from above. Flowers point in all different directions with buds and blossoms visible. White paint added to the petals, pink at edges of petals. Brown textured background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 133mm
  • Width: 134mm
Size of card.
Production typeUnique
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
Daisies
Botanical Illustration
Natural History
Flowers
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. 2.13
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1905. p.16
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.129-1994 - Previous loan number
  • 2.13 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 15/B/1

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Record createdJune 17, 2013
Record URL
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