Not on display

Watercolour

late 19th century - early 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of gaillardia flowers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on cartridge paper.
Brief description
Drawing of gaillardia flowers, by Beatrix Potter, watercolour. Great Britain, June 21(day or year?), late 19th - early 20th century. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 215.
Physical description
Drawing of gaillardia flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.5cm
  • Width: 22cm
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
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • Beatrix Potter: artist & illustrator Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 2005 p.90 (see for information) Anne Stevenson Hobbs, Beatrix Potter: artist & illustrator, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 2005, p.90 (see for information)
Other number
LB.215 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.902

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2019
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