Mrs Rabbit pouring out the tea for Peter while her children look on: variant illustration for The tale of Peter Rabbit
Watercolour
1902-1907 (drawn), September 1907-11 (published)
1902-1907 (drawn), September 1907-11 (published)
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Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil of a rabbit in a blue dress and white apron leaning over to pour drink from a black kettle over a fire. Cup is white with pink edging. Three small rabbits look on, their backs turned to the viewer. Another rabbit is visible in another compartment of the burrow, its head above bedclothes in small bed. All contained within pencil frame.
Object details
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| Title | Mrs Rabbit pouring out the tea for Peter while her children look on: variant illustration for The tale of Peter Rabbit (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Mrs Rabbit pouring out the tea for Peter while her children look on: variant illustration for The tale of Peter Rabbit, watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, for the ninth edition 1907, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.906. |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil of a rabbit in a blue dress and white apron leaning over to pour drink from a black kettle over a fire. Cup is white with pink edging. Three small rabbits look on, their backs turned to the viewer. Another rabbit is visible in another compartment of the burrow, its head above bedclothes in small bed. All contained within pencil frame. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Duplicate - other design used' '-reduce together' (At top and below, respectively, in pencil by Mr Herring, the printer.) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter, probably in 1902. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
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| Other number | LB.906 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.468 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2013 |
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