Watercolour
1908 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two Staffordshire figures. Man on left in brown coat and hat and yellow breeches holding a pot in both hands. Woman figurine to the right in white print dress with crimson bodice holding basket of fruit on her head in front of a tree. Grey/purple wash shadows to the left of figures. Figurines to left of sheet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of two Staffordshire figures, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, possibly 1908, Linder Collection object no. LC.16.A.1, catalogue no. 3.77 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two Staffordshire figures. Man on left in brown coat and hat and yellow breeches holding a pot in both hands. Woman figurine to the right in white print dress with crimson bodice holding basket of fruit on her head in front of a tree. Grey/purple wash shadows to the left of figures. Figurines to left of sheet. |
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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.28, cat. no. 3.77 |
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| Accession number | LC 16/A/1 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2013 |
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