Drawing
ca.1885 (drawn)
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Drawing in pen and ink over pencil. Lateral view, facing right, of the outline of a cow incorporating its skeleton. Other studies around including bones of fore-leg and hind-leg to the right and two faint pencil drawings bottom left showing fore-leg and hind-leg placed on ground side-on. Small ink drawings including a leaf to the right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of the outline of a cow, showing the skeleton, pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, ca.1885, probably Bolton Gardens, Linder Collection object no. LC.17.A.5, catalogue no. 2.59 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pen and ink over pencil. Lateral view, facing right, of the outline of a cow incorporating its skeleton. Other studies around including bones of fore-leg and hind-leg to the right and two faint pencil drawings bottom left showing fore-leg and hind-leg placed on ground side-on. Small ink drawings including a leaf to the right. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | '[JOY]NSON /[SUPE]RFINE' (Watermark.) |
| 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.17, cat. no.2.59 |
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| Library number | LC 17/A/5 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2013 |
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