Not on display

Design

ca. 1910s (made)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny in a vegetable patch, with a lettuce and carrying a bundle.

Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Drawings
Woman Artist
Object type
design
Materials and techniques
Pencil and black ink on paper.
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Brief description
Unpublished design for a Painting Book, based on Beatrix's Potter's storybook illustrations, by Beatrix Potter, pencil and black ink. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1912.
Physical description
Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny in a vegetable patch, with a lettuce and carrying a bundle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.5cm
  • Width: 29.5cm
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.
Literary referenceThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny
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.1912 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.1100(II)

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Record createdMarch 4, 2019
Record URL
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