Sketch of meadows and a woodland
Drawing
ca.1900-1913 (made)
ca.1900-1913 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
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.
This loose unfinished sketch shows fields in the foreground with trees and hills beyond. Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching outside and drew the British landscape in all seasons. Following her purchase of Hill Top farm in the Lake District in 1905 she made many loosely rendered pencil and watercolour studies of the Lakeland landscape, which she had previously drawn whilst on holiday in the area. The landscapes she knew from visits to the Lake District, Wales and the West Country also informed her book illustrations, occasionally appearing as the settings.
This loose unfinished sketch shows fields in the foreground with trees and hills beyond. Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching outside and drew the British landscape in all seasons. Following her purchase of Hill Top farm in the Lake District in 1905 she made many loosely rendered pencil and watercolour studies of the Lakeland landscape, which she had previously drawn whilst on holiday in the area. The landscapes she knew from visits to the Lake District, Wales and the West Country also informed her book illustrations, occasionally appearing as the settings.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sketch of meadows and a woodland (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil, watercolour and wash on paper |
| Brief description | Sketch of meadows and a woodland by Beatrix Potter, ca.1900-1913; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.630. |
| Physical description | A small unfinished sketch with meadows or fields in the foreground and trees in the midground: hills are suggested in the distance. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Watermark 'Newton Mill') |
| 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.1900-1913. 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. This loose unfinished sketch shows fields in the foreground with trees and hills beyond. Beatrix Potter enjoyed sketching outside and drew the British landscape in all seasons. Following her purchase of Hill Top farm in the Lake District in 1905 she made many loosely rendered pencil and watercolour studies of the Lakeland landscape, which she had previously drawn whilst on holiday in the area. The landscapes she knew from visits to the Lake District, Wales and the West Country also informed her book illustrations, occasionally appearing as the settings. |
| 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.66; no.630.
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.66; no.630. |
| Other number | LB.630 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1059 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2015 |
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