Drawing
20/08/1879 (drawn)
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Pencil drawing of a dead siskin, drawn at top of sheet. Bird is on its side, shading underneath.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing of a dead siskin, pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Dalguise, Perthshire, 1879, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.12. |
| Physical description | Pencil drawing of a dead siskin, drawn at top of sheet. Bird is on its side, shading underneath. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Siskin, who died August 20th 1879 at Dalguise' Note By the artist. |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | 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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| 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.12, cat. no. LB.12 |
| Other number | LB.12 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | BP.275 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2014 |
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