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Photograph

1907-1908 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (photographer)
Place of origin
Hill Top (photographed)

Photograph of the interior of Hill Top showing the hall and the area around the fireplace.

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Object details

Categories
Photographs
Interiors
Furniture
Woodwork
Ceramics
Ironwork
Woman Artist
Food Vessels & Tableware
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print on photographic paper
Photographic Paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Hill Top kitchen before alterations, photograph by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1907-8? Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 2025.
Physical description
Photograph of the interior of Hill Top showing the hall and the area around the fireplace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
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
Fireplace
Table
Chairs
Interior Views
Place depicted
Hill Top
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.211 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.211
Other number
LB.2025 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.1296

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2019
Record URL
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