Not on display

Drawing

07/1903-09/1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Fawe Park (drawn)

Drawings of a garden wall at Fawe Park (recto), and a rabbit's head in profile (verso)

Object details

Categories
Gardens & Gardening
Landscapes
Watercolours
Illustration
Tourism & Travel
Woman Artist
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and black ink over pencil, and pencil, on paper
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawings of a garden wall at Fawe Park: background for The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (recto), watercolour and black ink over pencil, and a rabbit's head in profile (verso), pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Fawe Park, probably 1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.24.B.3, catalogue no. 4.40
Physical description
Drawings of a garden wall at Fawe Park (recto), and a rabbit's head in profile (verso)
Dimensions
  • Height: 228mm
  • Width: 189mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
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.
Associated objects
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.38, cat. no. 4.40
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.221-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.4 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 24/B/3

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Record createdAugust 8, 2013
Record URL
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