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Christmas Card

1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
International Children's Aid Association (manufacturer)
Potter, Beatrix (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Two rabbits under an umbrella, one holding a basket and the other a letter.

Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Printed Pages & Sheets
Prints
Children & Childhood
Anthropomorphism
Illustration
Animals and Wildlife
Woman Artist
Object type
Christmas card
Materials and techniques
Four colour process, printing ink on card
Card
Printing Ink
Four-Colour Process
Brief description
Greetings card designed for the Invalid Children’s Aid Association by Beatrix Potter in 1925. Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB 1796.
Physical description
Two rabbits under an umbrella, one holding a basket and the other a letter.
Dimensions
  • Height: 145mm (Note: approx)
  • Width: 105mm
Production typeLimited edition
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Card designed by Beatrix Potter and produced in 1936 by the ICAA. 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.
Subjects depicted
Rabbits
Umbrella
Basket
Letters (Correspondence)
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.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.534(B)

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Record createdMarch 12, 2019
Record URL
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