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The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Book
1908 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

84 pages with three-colour process illustrations. Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper covers with title, author and publisher blocked in white with paper onlay in blind-blocked frame. Title blocked in white on spine.

Object details

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Object type
TitleThe tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound printed book, with three colour process illustrations.
Brief description
Book, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. Library's Copy B. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1587. NAL accession no. BP.111.
Physical description
84 pages with three-colour process illustrations. Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper covers with title, author and publisher blocked in white with paper onlay in blind-blocked frame. Title blocked in white on spine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15cm (Note: rounded to nearest cm on library catalogue)
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Beatrix Potter's copy. 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.
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. 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.
Other numbers
  • BP.111 - NAL accession number
  • LB.1587 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.111

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Record createdJuly 9, 2015
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