The River Greta with trees and distant hills
Drawing
19th September 1904 (drawn)
19th September 1904 (drawn)
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Beatrix Potter 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.
Before her marriage at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location and the Potters spent a number of summers staying at Lingholm near Keswick. During their 1904 stay there she made this pen and ink drawing of the River Greta from near Portinscale, a village not far from Keswick.
Before her marriage at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location and the Potters spent a number of summers staying at Lingholm near Keswick. During their 1904 stay there she made this pen and ink drawing of the River Greta from near Portinscale, a village not far from Keswick.
Object details
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| Title | The River Greta with trees and distant hills (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink drawing of the River Greta with trees and distant hills, by Beatrix Potter, 19th September 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.557. |
| Physical description | A pen and ink drawing of a river, with trees on the riverbank at the right and distant hills on the left. |
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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 near Portinscale, 19th September 1904. 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 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. Before her marriage at the age of 47 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. The Lake District was a favourite location and the Potters spent a number of summers staying at Lingholm near Keswick. During their 1904 stay there she made this pen and ink drawing of the River Greta from near Portinscale, a village not far from Keswick. |
| 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.60; no.557
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.60; no.557 |
| Other number | LB.557 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1149 |
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