Drawing
ca.1900 (drawn)
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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.
Potter loved to sketch the landscape and natural world around her. She was less keen of, and adept at, sketching people. It is likely that these figures (and animals) are copies from the work of other illustrators, drawn at an early stage in her career. There are some clues as to the original sources of the illustrations such as the inscription 'C Keene', likely to refer to Charles Keene (1823-1891) a famous contributor of illustrations to Punch magazine. 'Corbould' is also inscribed, probably indicating Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920) a contributor to The Graphic magazine. The illustration of the man in a hunter's jacket riding a horse is also likely to be inspired by Randolf Caldecott's (1846-1886) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880). Potter was a known admirer of Caldecott's work.
Potter loved to sketch the landscape and natural world around her. She was less keen of, and adept at, sketching people. It is likely that these figures (and animals) are copies from the work of other illustrators, drawn at an early stage in her career. There are some clues as to the original sources of the illustrations such as the inscription 'C Keene', likely to refer to Charles Keene (1823-1891) a famous contributor of illustrations to Punch magazine. 'Corbould' is also inscribed, probably indicating Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920) a contributor to The Graphic magazine. The illustration of the man in a hunter's jacket riding a horse is also likely to be inspired by Randolf Caldecott's (1846-1886) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880). Potter was a known admirer of Caldecott's work.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Sepia ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of figures, cart-horse, cow and a dog, sepia ink over pencil, by C. Keene?, Great Britain, ca.1900, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.692 |
| Physical description | Drawing in sepia ink over pencil comprising eleven small sketches of adults and children, a cart-horse, cow and dog. Men are all wearing top or bowler hats. Some sketches are head and shoulders only. Characters facing in a variety of directions. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'C Keene' and 'Corbauld' (First inscription under full length man with back turned walking away from viewer. Second inscription underneath cow and above horse.) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter ca. 1900. 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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| Literary reference | Randolf Caldecott. The three jovial huntsmen. 1880 |
| Summary | Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale. Potter loved to sketch the landscape and natural world around her. She was less keen of, and adept at, sketching people. It is likely that these figures (and animals) are copies from the work of other illustrators, drawn at an early stage in her career. There are some clues as to the original sources of the illustrations such as the inscription 'C Keene', likely to refer to Charles Keene (1823-1891) a famous contributor of illustrations to Punch magazine. 'Corbould' is also inscribed, probably indicating Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920) a contributor to The Graphic magazine. The illustration of the man in a hunter's jacket riding a horse is also likely to be inspired by Randolf Caldecott's (1846-1886) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880). Potter was a known admirer of Caldecott's work. |
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| Other number | LB.692 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.643 |
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| Record created | October 18, 2013 |
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