Studies of hart's-tongue fern
Watercolour
May 1901 (made)
May 1901 (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.
Beatrix Potter made many studies of flowers and plants and was keenly interested in natural history. This sheet of watercolour studies of ferns is dated May 1901.
Beatrix Potter made many studies of flowers and plants and was keenly interested in natural history. This sheet of watercolour studies of ferns is dated May 1901.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Studies of hart's-tongue fern (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour with pencil studies of a male fern (Dryopteris felix-mas) with curled up stems by Beatrix Potter, dated May 1901; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.269 |
| Physical description | Studies of five stems ofmale fern (Dryopteris felix-mas), of various lengths and each curled up at the top. Completed in watercolour over pencil in greens and browns. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Beatrix Potter / May 01.' Note inscribed in ink by the artist, upper verso |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in May 1901. 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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| 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. Beatrix Potter made many studies of flowers and plants and was keenly interested in natural history. This sheet of watercolour studies of ferns is dated May 1901. |
| 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.31; no.269
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.31; no.269 |
| Other number | LB.269 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | BP.365 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2015 |
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