Not on display

Drawing

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

Drawing in pencil of two squirrels playing on a branch. Branch is higher to the left and squirrel at the higher end has docked tail. Claws of both squirrels stretched into bark. Small amount of foliage beneath branch. Sketchily drawn.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Animals and Wildlife
Books
Illustration
Children & Childhood
Woman Artist
Object type
drawing
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawn
Brief description
Drawing of two squirrels playing on branch: preliminary study for The tale of Squirrel Nutkin, pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, [1902-1903], Linder Collection object no. LC.23.B.2(b), catalogue no. 4.69
Physical description
Drawing in pencil of two squirrels playing on a branch. Branch is higher to the left and squirrel at the higher end has docked tail. Claws of both squirrels stretched into bark. Small amount of foliage beneath branch. Sketchily drawn.
Dimensions
  • Height: 89mm
  • Width: 202mm
Size of paper, though irregular.
Production typeUnique
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.42, cat. no. 4.69
  • Potter, Beatrix. The tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1903. p.58
Other numbers
  • LOAN:LINDER TRUST.213-1994 - Previous Loan Number
  • 4.69 - Linder Collection catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
LC 23/B/2(b)

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Record createdSeptember 13, 2013
Record URL
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