Drawing
11/1876 (drawn)
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Drawing in pencil of a jungle scene. Two prominent trees, one either side of a pool. A large trunk of tree also spans between them. A patterned snake is coiled around the left end of the trunk and a jaguar is approaching it from the right. Above are monkeys in the other branches of the trees and below in the pool are two tortoises and lily pads.
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on card |
| Brief description | Drawing of a jungle scene depicting a snake coiled around a branch with an approaching jaguar, monkeys above in the trees, pencil on card : possibly copied from a book illustration. By Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, 1876, Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.77 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pencil of a jungle scene. Two prominent trees, one either side of a pool. A large trunk of tree also spans between them. A patterned snake is coiled around the left end of the trunk and a jaguar is approaching it from the right. Above are monkeys in the other branches of the trees and below in the pool are two tortoises and lily pads. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter Nov. 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.900 (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.77 |
| Other number | LB.77 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.899 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2014 |
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