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Drawing in pencil of a female rabbit walking on its hind legs dressed in a cape. Rabbit is progressing towards the viewer and is carrying a basket and an umbrella. Trees only lightly sketched in in background. Roughly drawn.
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Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
Brief description | Drawing of Mrs Rabbit journeying through the wood, pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1902, Linder Collection object no. LC.22.B.3, catalogue no. 4.58 |
Physical description | Drawing in pencil of a female rabbit walking on its hind legs dressed in a cape. Rabbit is progressing towards the viewer and is carrying a basket and an umbrella. Trees only lightly sketched in in background. Roughly drawn. |
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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 22/B/3 |
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Record created | August 2, 2013 |
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