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September 1907 (published)
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Place of origin

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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read Leslie Linder and the Beatrix Potter collection On his death in 1973, the scholar and collector Leslie Linder (1904 – 73) left the V&A his unrivalled personal collection of about 2,400 Beatrix Potter drawings, manuscripts and books (many of which were first editions owned by Beatrix or her family), as well as photographs by her father R...

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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205mm
  • Width: 160mm
Production typeUnique
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.
Collection
Library number
BP.462

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Record createdMarch 11, 2019
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