Cart track covered in snow, with fields beyond
Watercolour
ca. 1913 (drawn)
ca. 1913 (drawn)
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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.
Following her purchase of Hill Top in the Lake District in 1905, Beatrix Potter made many studies of the Lakeland landscape in all seasons. This sheet is undated but Potter made similar studies of the snowy landscape around Sawrey in the winters of 1909, 1910 and 1913, so it could date from around this time. The snow-covered path and wintry trees are loosely delineated in broad watercolour brushstrokes over sketchy pencil lines. Potter enjoyed sketching outdoors and thought the Lakeland fells 'even more impressive in mist and snow'.
Following her purchase of Hill Top in the Lake District in 1905, Beatrix Potter made many studies of the Lakeland landscape in all seasons. This sheet is undated but Potter made similar studies of the snowy landscape around Sawrey in the winters of 1909, 1910 and 1913, so it could date from around this time. The snow-covered path and wintry trees are loosely delineated in broad watercolour brushstrokes over sketchy pencil lines. Potter enjoyed sketching outdoors and thought the Lakeland fells 'even more impressive in mist and snow'.
Object details
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| Title | Cart track covered in snow, with fields beyond (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing of a cart track covered in snow, with fields beyond, ca. 1913 by Beatrix Potter; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.665 |
| Physical description | Snow scene made in an upright format, with a snow-covered path in the foreground leading through some wintry trees and fields beyond. |
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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 ca. 1913. 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. Following her purchase of Hill Top in the Lake District in 1905, Beatrix Potter made many studies of the Lakeland landscape in all seasons. This sheet is undated but Potter made similar studies of the snowy landscape around Sawrey in the winters of 1909, 1910 and 1913, so it could date from around this time. The snow-covered path and wintry trees are loosely delineated in broad watercolour brushstrokes over sketchy pencil lines. Potter enjoyed sketching outdoors and thought the Lakeland fells 'even more impressive in mist and snow'. |
| 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.68; no.665
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.68; no.665 |
| Other number | LB.665 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.339 |
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