Not currently on display at the V&A

Design

1890s (made)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A fox with a snowball in one hand, at the door of a house. Another fox looks out. Two foxes are at an upper window, one with a snowball.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Illustration
Anthropomorphism
Greetings Cards
Woman Artist
Object type
design
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing
Brief description
Design for a greetings card, made by Beatrix Potter, snowballing foxes, for Hildesheimer and Faulkner, ca. 1890. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1778.
Physical description
A fox with a snowball in one hand, at the door of a house. Another fox looks out. Two foxes are at an upper window, one with a snowball.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Width: 21cm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • G Throwing snow off the window sill.
  • Beatrix Potter, 2 Bolton Gardens, S.W. (verso)
  • Fine (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.
Subject depicted
Foxes
Association
Hildesheimer & Faulkner
Associated object
BP.451(C)
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.1778 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.450

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Record createdMarch 11, 2019
Record URL
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