Lost opportunities
Watercolour
06/1890 (drawn)
06/1890 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink of two white rabbits passing each other in a cobbled street. Female rabbit is in the foreground dressed in a silk purple dress and carrying a brown fur muff, pink bag tied in ribbon and greenish umbrella. She is observed by a white male rabbit who has just walked past, wearing a brown frock coat with brown velvet cuffs and bow behind his head, holding mistletoe in forepaw and a cane in his right. Partly visible are a road sign on the side of the building in the left foreground, lettered 'Streete', a milestone to the right and a hanging clock above the characters from one of the shops. Muted pastel colours. Vignetted.
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Title | Lost opportunities (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink on paper |
Brief description | Drawing, Lost opportunities: greetings card design, watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink, by Beatrix Potter, Bolton Gardens, 1890, Linder Collection object no. LC.20.B.1, catalogue no. 7.3 |
Physical description | Drawing in watercolour, with traces of metallic paint and pen and ink of two white rabbits passing each other in a cobbled street. Female rabbit is in the foreground dressed in a silk purple dress and carrying a brown fur muff, pink bag tied in ribbon and greenish umbrella. She is observed by a white male rabbit who has just walked past, wearing a brown frock coat with brown velvet cuffs and bow behind his head, holding mistletoe in forepaw and a cane in his right. Partly visible are a road sign on the side of the building in the left foreground, lettered 'Streete', a milestone to the right and a hanging clock above the characters from one of the shops. Muted pastel colours. Vignetted. |
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Production type | Unique |
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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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Library number | LC 20/B/1 |
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Record created | July 18, 2013 |
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