Drawing
11/1876 (drawn)
| Place of origin |
Drawing in pencil of animals by a river. Three antelopes in a group on the front right, one seated and two zebras to the left, one drinking from the water. In the hills behind, progressing to the foreground are five more four-legged animals a two large birds. Large palm tree to the right and more in the background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on card |
| Brief description | Drawing of an african scene, showing animals by a river, pencil on card: possibly copied from a book illustration, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, possibly 1876, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.76 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil of animals by a river. Three antelopes in a group on the front right, one seated and two zebras to the left, one drinking from the water. In the hills behind, progressing to the foreground are five more four-legged animals a two large birds. Large palm tree to the right and more in the background. |
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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 November 1876. 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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| Associated object | BP.899 (Series) |
| 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.16, cat. no. LB.76 |
| Other number | LB.76 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.900 |
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| Record created | February 14, 2014 |
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