Photograph
ca. mid 20th century (taken)
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| Place of origin |
Photograph of an original portrait of the farmer Mr Postlethwaite (Farmer Potatoes), standing at the doorway to a house Buckle Yeat in Near Sawrey with his daughters Ruth and Mary. The original is in the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photographic print on paper |
| Brief description | Photograph of an original portrait of the farmer Mr Postlethwaite at Buckle Yeat in Near Sawrey with his daughters Ruth and Mary. The original is in the Free Library of Philadelphia, by an unknown photographer. Unknown photographer, modern print, ca. mid 20th century. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.2038. |
| Physical description | Photograph of an original portrait of the farmer Mr Postlethwaite (Farmer Potatoes), standing at the doorway to a house Buckle Yeat in Near Sawrey with his daughters Ruth and Mary. The original is in the Free Library of Philadelphia. |
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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.212
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.212 |
| Other number | LB.2038 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.1306 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2019 |
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