Watercolour
ca.1900 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil. Main drawing is of a wild yellow balsam plant with three yellow flowers. Many leaves and a red stalk. Specimen to the right in outline only in pencil with some parts in pale green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of wild yellow balsam, watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Derwentwater, ca.1900, Linder Collection object no. Lc.15.B.6, catalogue no. 2.11 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil. Main drawing is of a wild yellow balsam plant with three yellow flowers. Many leaves and a red stalk. Specimen to the right in outline only in pencil with some parts in pale green. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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. 11, cat. no. 2.11 |
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| Library number | LC 15/B/6 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2013 |
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