Not on display

Drawing

1902-1903 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Beatrix Potter (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Drawing in pen and ink over pencil. Two very similar sketches of a squirrel walking along a branch, right front paw raised. Squirrel is facing to the left but looking into the foreground, bushy tail over its head. Right sketch is slightly smaller than left.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Books
Illustration
Children & Childhood
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink over pencil on paper
Ink
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing of squirrel on tree branch: two sketches, pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, [1902/1903], Linder Collection object no. LC.23.B.2(a), catalogue no. 4.70
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink over pencil. Two very similar sketches of a squirrel walking along a branch, right front paw raised. Squirrel is facing to the left but looking into the foreground, bushy tail over its head. Right sketch is slightly smaller than left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 79mm
  • Width: 127mm
Size of paper.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
[]E/[] in curved frame, only edge visible.
Transliteration
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
Squirrels
Branches
Squirrel Nutkin
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.43, cat. no. 4.70
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1903.
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.212-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.7 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 23/B/2a

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Record createdSeptember 13, 2013
Record URL
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