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September 1907 (published)
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Characters from the books arranged around the page, connected by a flourished line. Features the Two Bad Mice, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Benjamin Bunny and cat.
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Watercolour and pen and ink drawing, endpaper design no. 4, by Beatrix Potter. Great Britain, first used in September 1907 for The Tale of Tom Kitten. Linder Bequest catalogue number LB 946. |
| Physical description | Characters from the books arranged around the page, connected by a flourished line. Features the Two Bad Mice, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Benjamin Bunny and cat. |
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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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| 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.946 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.462 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2019 |
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