Design
1890 (designed)
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The design is one of two parts, intended to be layered and form a circular card which opens up to reveal a mouse hidden in leaves.
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Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Christmas card design, by Beatrix Potter in watercolour and pen and ink. An early design for Hildesheimer and Faulkner. Linder Bequest catalogue number LB 1787. Part of a two part design. This part shows the outside of the nest. |
| Physical description | The design is one of two parts, intended to be layered and form a circular card which opens up to reveal a mouse hidden in leaves. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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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| Associated object | BP.442(b) (Ensemble) |
| 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. 1787, p.193. |
| Other number | LB.1787 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.442(A) |
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| Record created | March 11, 2019 |
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