Watercolour
24/01/1885 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two views of a bat with wings extended. Ventral view above, wings are black and body and face is in dark pink. Illustration below is a dorsal view with the bat flying away from the viewer. Body is light grey.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing: studies of a bat: dorsal and ventral views, wings extended, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1885, Linder Collection object no. LC.19.B.4, catalogue no. 2.1 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour over pencil of two views of a bat with wings extended. Ventral view above, wings are black and body and face is in dark pink. Illustration below is a dorsal view with the bat flying away from the viewer. Body is light grey. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Jan 24 85.' ['3' altered to '4'] (Inscribed in pencil.) |
| 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.10, cat. no. 2.1 |
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| Library number | LC 19/B/4 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2013 |
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