A lane with trees
Watercolour
ca. 1905 - ca. 1913 (drawn)
ca. 1905 - ca. 1913 (drawn)
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Place of origin |
Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at 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.
The subject of this undated watercolour sketch may be Near Sawrey in the Lake District. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle, and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. The reddish brown of the distant trees and hills seen here evoke the autumn landscape.
The subject of this undated watercolour sketch may be Near Sawrey in the Lake District. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle, and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. The reddish brown of the distant trees and hills seen here evoke the autumn landscape.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | A lane with trees (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | watercolour over pencil on paper |
Brief description | Watercolour over pencil sketch of a lane with trees, possibly Near Sawrey, by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1905 - ca. 1913; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.593. |
Physical description | A watercolour over pencil sketch of a landscape with a lane and a gate in the lower right and a field on the left, with houses and woodland in the distance. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed on folder (no longer used) by Leslie Linder: 'Sawrey') |
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 first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at 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. The subject of this undated watercolour sketch may be Near Sawrey in the Lake District. Beatrix Potter first visited the Lake District aged sixteen when the family stayed at Wray Castle, and over the next twenty years they spent many of their summers in the area. Following Beatrix Potter’s purchase of Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905 she made studies of Near Sawrey in all seasons. The reddish brown of the distant trees and hills seen here evoke the autumn landscape. |
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.62; no.593
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.62; no.593 |
Other number | LB.593 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
Collection | |
Library number | BP.1054 |
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Record created | September 30, 2015 |
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