Design
1890s (made)
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Two faint watercolour and pencil sketches, one of a lday and gentleman rabit passing in the street, the other of two rabbits under an umbrella (known as the Happy Pair). On verso two pencil sketches of mice playing musical instruments and mice dancing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Sketches for designs for a greetings card, made by Beatrix Potter for Hildesheimer and Faulkner, ca. 1890. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1776. |
| Physical description | Two faint watercolour and pencil sketches, one of a lday and gentleman rabit passing in the street, the other of two rabbits under an umbrella (known as the Happy Pair). On verso two pencil sketches of mice playing musical instruments and mice dancing. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Regina Note (watermark) |
| 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. |
| Other number | LB.1776 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.448 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2019 |
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