Watercolour Painting
1890 (made)
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Toy picture with lift-the-flap part, featuring image of wainscoting and floorboards and two mice, one of which is disappearing into a hole in the wainscotting. A door in the wainscoting opens to reveal two mice disappearing down. The floor boards lift up to reveal three mice below-floor level seated eating at a dining table, with three empty chairs, and a ladder.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper, collage, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Toy picture made, pen and ink, watercolour and collage, made by Beatrix Potter for Walter Gaddum, Great Britain, 1890; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1731 |
| Physical description | Toy picture with lift-the-flap part, featuring image of wainscoting and floorboards and two mice, one of which is disappearing into a hole in the wainscotting. A door in the wainscoting opens to reveal two mice disappearing down. The floor boards lift up to reveal three mice below-floor level seated eating at a dining table, with three empty chairs, and a ladder. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
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| 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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| 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.187; no.1731
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.187; no.1731 |
| Other number | LB.1731 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.552 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2018 |
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