Drawing
ca.1890 (drawn)
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Drawing in pencil of six studies of a rabbit's head. Four heads at the top and centre face forward, two heads below face left and right respectively. Bottom head has shadow indicated with heavy hatched lines to right. Also, faint study of feathers or insect legs on right.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of Benjamin Bunny: six studies of his head, pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, circa 1890, Linder Collection object no. LC.18.B.4, catalogue no. 2.47 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil of six studies of a rabbit's head. Four heads at the top and centre face forward, two heads below face left and right respectively. Bottom head has shadow indicated with heavy hatched lines to right. Also, faint study of feathers or insect legs on right. |
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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.15, cat. no. 2.47 |
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| Library number | LC 18/B/4 |
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| Record created | July 4, 2013 |
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