Watercolour
ca. 1906-1907 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
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.
This is a variant cover illustration for The Tale of Tom Kitten, which was published in 1907. There are only minor differences between this and the illustration that was used on the front cover of the book, showing Tom Kitten in his blue suit, with some of the buttons missing. In the story, Tom Kitten grows fat, causing several of the buttons to burst off. His mother, Tabitha Twitchit sews them on again.
This is a variant cover illustration for The Tale of Tom Kitten, which was published in 1907. There are only minor differences between this and the illustration that was used on the front cover of the book, showing Tom Kitten in his blue suit, with some of the buttons missing. In the story, Tom Kitten grows fat, causing several of the buttons to burst off. His mother, Tabitha Twitchit sews them on again.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pen and ink drawing of a kitten wearing a blue suit, a variant cover illustration for The Tale of Tom Kitten drawn by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1906-07; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 941. |
| Physical description | A vignette style watercolour illustration of a kitten in a blue suit, the paper in portrait format. The kitten is standing in his unbuttoned suit; the illustration is only a very slight variation of that used as the cover illustration for The Tale of Tom Kitten. |
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| Content description | Variant cover illustration. |
| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | '"Beatrix Potter"' Note Inscribed in pencil lower right. |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter prior to the publication of The Tale of Tom Kitten in September 1907. 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 | <i>The Tale of Tom Kitten</i> |
| 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. This is a variant cover illustration for The Tale of Tom Kitten, which was published in 1907. There are only minor differences between this and the illustration that was used on the front cover of the book, showing Tom Kitten in his blue suit, with some of the buttons missing. In the story, Tom Kitten grows fat, causing several of the buttons to burst off. His mother, Tabitha Twitchit sews them on again. |
| 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.101; no.941
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.101; no.941 |
| Other number | LB.941 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.510 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2015 |
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