Drawings of common or viviparous lizard
Watercolour
1885 (drawn)
1885 (drawn)
| 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.
From early childhood Beatrix Potter spent time drawing the many pets that she kept in her schoolroom: over the years, her pets included lizards, snails, bats, mice, rabbits and many other animals. During the family’s long summer holidays to rural areas she also took the opportunity to draw the plants and animals she saw in the countryside. Even her earliest childhood drawings show a serious interest in natural history, her sketches annotated with information about the species concerned.
This sheet, dated 1885, includes two views of a common lizard. For a related, and more highly finished, drawing in the Linder Collection, see the record for museum number LOAN:LINDER TRUST.174-1994 (Linder Collection 19/B/2).
From early childhood Beatrix Potter spent time drawing the many pets that she kept in her schoolroom: over the years, her pets included lizards, snails, bats, mice, rabbits and many other animals. During the family’s long summer holidays to rural areas she also took the opportunity to draw the plants and animals she saw in the countryside. Even her earliest childhood drawings show a serious interest in natural history, her sketches annotated with information about the species concerned.
This sheet, dated 1885, includes two views of a common lizard. For a related, and more highly finished, drawing in the Linder Collection, see the record for museum number LOAN:LINDER TRUST.174-1994 (Linder Collection 19/B/2).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Drawings of common or viviparous lizard |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawings of common or viviparous lizard by Beatrix Potter, 1885; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.379 |
| Physical description | Two watercolour drawings of a lizard. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | '1885' (Inscribed in pencil, lower left.) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in 1885. 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. From early childhood Beatrix Potter spent time drawing the many pets that she kept in her schoolroom: over the years, her pets included lizards, snails, bats, mice, rabbits and many other animals. During the family’s long summer holidays to rural areas she also took the opportunity to draw the plants and animals she saw in the countryside. Even her earliest childhood drawings show a serious interest in natural history, her sketches annotated with information about the species concerned. This sheet, dated 1885, includes two views of a common lizard. For a related, and more highly finished, drawing in the Linder Collection, see the record for museum number LOAN:LINDER TRUST.174-1994 (Linder Collection 19/B/2). |
| 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. 42; no. 379
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. 42; no. 379. |
| Other number | LB.379 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.406 |
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| Record created | May 3, 2017 |
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