Three Staffordshire figures of women
Watercolour
19/09/1908-23/09/1908 (made)
19/09/1908-23/09/1908 (made)
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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.
The three watercolour studies of Staffordshire figures on this sheet were made in September 1908, when Beatrix Potter was staying in the house of her uncle and aunt, Fred and Harriet Burton, Gwaynynog, in Denbighshire in Wales. Before her marriage in 1913, Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for holidays, and from 1903 until her marriage she visited Gwaynynog regularly. This sheet dates from a visit made in September 1908.
The three watercolour studies of Staffordshire figures on this sheet were made in September 1908, when Beatrix Potter was staying in the house of her uncle and aunt, Fred and Harriet Burton, Gwaynynog, in Denbighshire in Wales. Before her marriage in 1913, Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for holidays, and from 1903 until her marriage she visited Gwaynynog regularly. This sheet dates from a visit made in September 1908.
Object details
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| Title | Three Staffordshire figures of women (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour over pencil studies of three Staffordshire figures of women drawn by Beatrix Potter at Gwaynynog, 19-23 September 1908; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.480 |
| Physical description | A sheet with three studies of Staffordshire female figures, two of which show the same figure, a woman reading, from different angles. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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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 in Gwaynynog, September 19th-23rd 1908. 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. The three watercolour studies of Staffordshire figures on this sheet were made in September 1908, when Beatrix Potter was staying in the house of her uncle and aunt, Fred and Harriet Burton, Gwaynynog, in Denbighshire in Wales. Before her marriage in 1913, Potter accompanied her family to Scotland, Wales or the Lake District for holidays, and from 1903 until her marriage she visited Gwaynynog regularly. This sheet dates from a visit made in September 1908. |
| 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.50; no. 480
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.50; no. 480 |
| Other number | LB.480 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.372 |
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| Record created | May 28, 2015 |
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