'The rain it raineth every day'
Watercolour
1905 (drawn)
1905 (drawn)
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Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink of frog fishing in the rain with black umbrella up, on a lily pad. Stylised presentation that includes line of verse. Reeds flow from bottom of lily pads down towards white space. Three blue fish are also down in this section of the drawing, one of which has been caught by the frog's line. The red float on the line is bobbing on the water's surface.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 'The rain it raineth every day' (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, 'The rain it raineth every day', watercolour and pen and ink, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, probably 1905, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.709 |
| Physical description | Drawing in watercolour and pen and ink of frog fishing in the rain with black umbrella up, on a lily pad. Stylised presentation that includes line of verse. Reeds flow from bottom of lily pads down towards white space. Three blue fish are also down in this section of the drawing, one of which has been caught by the frog's line. The red float on the line is bobbing on the water's surface. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'The rain it raineth every day' (In ink, written one word at a time until the last two and with a flourish underneath.) |
| Gallery label |
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| 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 1905. 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. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Twelfth Night, v. i. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
p.73, cat. no. 709 |
| Other number | LB.709 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.506 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2013 |
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