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Drawing

1912 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing in sepia ink over pencil with some corrections in white gouache. A badger in shoes, trousers and coat sits with his back turned three-quarters away from the viewer. He waves a cigar in his right fore-paw. A large rotund rabbit in a jacket and waistcoat sits opposite him with a pipe in his right fore-paw. Both are sitting on the floor. Fireplace with lit fire and cauldron to the left. Vegetables hang from the ceiling back right. Corrections most visible in centre of page. Contained within a heavy sepia ink frame.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Sepia ink over pencil with some corrections in white on paper
Brief description
Drawing of Old Mr Bouncer and Tommy Brock, sepia ink over pencil with corrections in white gouache, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1912, Linder Collection object no. LC.28.A.3, catalogue no. 4.47
Physical description
Drawing in sepia ink over pencil with some corrections in white gouache. A badger in shoes, trousers and coat sits with his back turned three-quarters away from the viewer. He waves a cigar in his right fore-paw. A large rotund rabbit in a jacket and waistcoat sits opposite him with a pipe in his right fore-paw. Both are sitting on the floor. Fireplace with lit fire and cauldron to the left. Vegetables hang from the ceiling back right. Corrections most visible in centre of page. Contained within a heavy sepia ink frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 102mm
  • Width: 137mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • '18' ringed (In erased pencil, top left.)
  • '1"8/12' (Inscribed in pencil (by Mr Herring, at the printers).)
  • 'PARS[ONS' LINEN LEDGER] / [MASS] HOL[YOKE]' (Watermark)
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
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.39, cat. no. 4.47
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Mr. Tod. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1912. p.19
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.251-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.47 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
LC 28/A/3

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Record createdAugust 21, 2013
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