View of a fence, tree trunk and plants
Drawing
ca. 1904 (drawn)
ca. 1904 (drawn)
Artist/Maker |
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 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This lively pen and ink drawing is typical in its close observation of nature and is likely to have been made during one of these stays.
Before her marriage in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This lively pen and ink drawing is typical in its close observation of nature and is likely to have been made during one of these stays.
Object details
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Title | View of a fence, tree trunk and plants (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | pen and ink on paper |
Brief description | Pen and ink drawing showing a view of a fence, tree trunk and plants by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1904; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.622. |
Physical description | A pen and sepia ink drawing focussed on a fence with tree trunks in the right and plants in the foreground. |
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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 | 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 in 1913, Beatrix Potter accompanied her parents on extended summer holidays and she often took the opportunity to sketch the places she visited. This lively pen and ink drawing is typical in its close observation of nature and is likely to have been made during one of these stays. |
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.65; no.622
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.65; no.622 |
Other number | LB.622 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
Collection | |
Library number | BP.1031(x) |
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Record created | September 16, 2015 |
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