Four rabbits in a burrow
Watercolour
ca. 1895 (drawn)
ca. 1895 (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.
This drawing is often thought to depict four of the characters from The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. It shows the rabbits resting, shaded from the heat of the sunlight that illuminates the entrance of their burrow.
This drawing is often thought to depict four of the characters from The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. It shows the rabbits resting, shaded from the heat of the sunlight that illuminates the entrance of their burrow.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Four rabbits in a burrow |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour drawing of four rabbits in a burrow by Beatrix Potter; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.356 |
| Physical description | A detailed watercolour drawing of four rabbits in a burrow. |
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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 | Drawn by Beatrix Potter in around 1895. 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 drawing is often thought to depict four of the characters from The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. It shows the rabbits resting, shaded from the heat of the sunlight that illuminates the entrance of their burrow. |
| 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. 40; no.356
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. 40; no.356 |
| Other number | LB.356 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.470 |
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| Record created | July 28, 2017 |
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