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Drawing

ca.1902 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in pencil comprising two studies of toads. Above: five toads dressed in frock coats sit on toadstools next to a toadstool with a tea-tray on it. More gilled fungi in the background. Toad to right of table holds the tea pot, toad in the centre drinks tea from a cup in a genteel fashion. Toad on right eats a large slice of cake. Below: close-up of toad in dress with large bow behind its neck. Cup to the left. Unclothed toad to the right shown side-on, observing.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Books
Illustration
Children & Childhood
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing, preliminary studies for 'The toads' tea-party', pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, ca.1902, Linder Collection object no. LC.29.B.4, catalogue no. 4.6
Physical description
Drawing in pencil comprising two studies of toads. Above: five toads dressed in frock coats sit on toadstools next to a toadstool with a tea-tray on it. More gilled fungi in the background. Toad to right of table holds the tea pot, toad in the centre drinks tea from a cup in a genteel fashion. Toad on right eats a large slice of cake. Below: close-up of toad in dress with large bow behind its neck. Cup to the left. Unclothed toad to the right shown side-on, observing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 209mm
  • Width: 153mm
Size of paper, torn off at right.
Content description
mycology
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'E TOWGOOD' (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
Toad
Tea Set
Teapot
Acorns
Fungi
Mushroom
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.31, cat. no. 4.6
  • Potter, Beatrix. Appley Dapply's nursery rhymes. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1917.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.264-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.6 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 29/B/4

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Record createdAugust 28, 2013
Record URL
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