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Watercolour

03/09/1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Fawe Park (drawn)

Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a landscape in predominantly purples and browns. There is a low slate-topped wall in the foreground with greyish trees beyond panning out to a lake with islands covered with trees in the centre and stormy sky with purple fells in the background. Scene vignetted at base.

Object details

Categories
Landscapes
Watercolours
Illustration
Books
Tourism & Travel
Woman Artist
Object type
Watercolour
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing of Derwentwater seen from Fawe Park: background for The tale of Benjamin Bunny, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Fawe Park, 1903, Linder Collection object no. LC.24.B.4, catalogue no. 4.33
Physical description
Drawing in watercolour over pencil of a landscape in predominantly purples and browns. There is a low slate-topped wall in the foreground with greyish trees beyond panning out to a lake with islands covered with trees in the centre and stormy sky with purple fells in the background. Scene vignetted at base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 228mm
  • Width: 190mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'Sept 3rd 0[3]' (In pencil in bottom right.)
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.
Subjects depicted
Mountains
Lake
Slates
Trees
Islands
Places depicted
Derwentwater
Fawe Park
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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.37, cat. no. 4.33
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Benjamin Bunny. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1903. p.23
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.222-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.33 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 24/B/4

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Record createdAugust 8, 2013
Record URL
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