Tree hollow
Watercolour
ca. 1904 (made)
ca. 1904 (made)
| 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.
This study of a tree hollow reflects Beatrix Potter’s interest in the accurate depiction of natural forms. The subject is relevant to some of her book illustrations, with similar tree hollows featuring in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (Frederick Warne, 1903).
This study of a tree hollow reflects Beatrix Potter’s interest in the accurate depiction of natural forms. The subject is relevant to some of her book illustrations, with similar tree hollows featuring in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (Frederick Warne, 1903).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Tree hollow (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on card |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pen and ink study of a hollow tree trunk by Beatrix Potter; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.640. |
| Physical description | Detailed study of a tree hollow completed in watercolour and pen and ink over pencil. |
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| Style | |
| 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. This study of a tree hollow reflects Beatrix Potter’s interest in the accurate depiction of natural forms. The subject is relevant to some of her book illustrations, with similar tree hollows featuring in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) and The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (Frederick Warne, 1903). |
| 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.67; no.640
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.67; no.640 |
| Other number | LB.640 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1253 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2016 |
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