Drawing
ca. 1904 (drawn)
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A door into a rocky hillside, stream and undergrowth.
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Study for background: part of a rocky hillside with a door leading into it. Pencil and sepia ink. Beatrix Potter. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 879. |
| Physical description | A door into a rocky hillside, stream and undergrowth. |
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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. Previously given to Margaret Lane by Mr Heelis and given to Leslie Linder by Margaret Lane- (to check - may be incorrect). |
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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.
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, cat. no. 879, p.95. |
| Other number | LB.879 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1025 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2018 |
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