Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

ca. 1905 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Unfinished study of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Lucie. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is holding an iron, worked in pen and ink. Lucie, leasning on the table is sketched in pencil. Four cut-outs have been taken from the sheet, which may have been pasted on original drawings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing, by Beatrix Potter, watercolour, pen and ink and pencil. Unfinished study of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Lucie. Great Britain, ca. 1905. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.870.
Physical description
Unfinished study of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Lucie. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is holding an iron, worked in pen and ink. Lucie, leasning on the table is sketched in pencil. Four cut-outs have been taken from the sheet, which may have been pasted on original drawings.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 18cm
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.
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.870 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
BP.498

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Record createdMarch 11, 2019
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