Drawing
ca. 1914 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Little Pig Robinson in a rowing boat, rowing away from the 'Pound of Candles' ship, seen on the horizon.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Pencil and pen and ink drawing of Little Pig Robinson in a rowing boat, with the 'Pound of Candles' boat on the horizon. Beatrix Potter, ca. 1914? Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 837. |
| Physical description | Little Pig Robinson in a rowing boat, rowing away from the 'Pound of Candles' ship, seen on the horizon. |
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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. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | <i>The Tale of Little Pig Robinson</i>, Beatrix Potter |
| 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.90; no.837
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.90; no.837. |
| Other number | LB.837 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | BP.1128(II) |
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| Record created | November 29, 2018 |
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