The Sly Old Cat
Manuscript
20 March 1906 (made)
20 March 1906 (made)
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Manuscript in a folding panorama wallet format of The Sly Old Cat 14 pages of text and fourteen watercolour designs mounted on alternate pages.
Object details
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| Title | The Sly Old Cat (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour on paper and fabric backed card with metal clasp |
| Brief description | Manuscript. Folding panorama of The Sly Old Cat in wallet form with watercolours (14) mounted on alternate pages. Beatrix Potter. Great Britain, 20 March 1906. Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB.1275. |
| Physical description | Manuscript in a folding panorama wallet format of The Sly Old Cat 14 pages of text and fourteen watercolour designs mounted on alternate pages. |
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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 | 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. |
| 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.150; no.1275
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.150; no.1275 |
| Other number | LB.1275 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.597 |
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| Record created | September 28, 2018 |
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