Sketchbook
1 September 1853 (dated)
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Sketchbook with plain paper boards containing copies from illustrated books and other studies in pen and ink (mainly) or watercolour, including bird studies, caricatures of men and animals - bear playing a flute, a dog smoking a pipe and flying ducks wearing bonnets - also one of two law students sitting in armchairs and reading newspapers with papers strewn on the floor, inscribed 'Temple life'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink, watercolour on paper in leather-bound sketchbook. |
| Brief description | Sketchbook used by Rupert Potter, Great Britain, inscribed with date 1 September 1853. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1121. Pressmark T.42.L. |
| Physical description | Sketchbook with plain paper boards containing copies from illustrated books and other studies in pen and ink (mainly) or watercolour, including bird studies, caricatures of men and animals - bear playing a flute, a dog smoking a pipe and flying ducks wearing bonnets - also one of two law students sitting in armchairs and reading newspapers with papers strewn on the floor, inscribed 'Temple life'. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | R. Potter Sept 1 1853. Broughton in Furness. Dinting Lodge, Glossop. (Inscribed by Rupert potter inside cover.) |
| 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.
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. 1121, p.132. |
| Other number | LB.1121 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.782 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2019 |
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