Drawing
August 1927 - September 1927 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Peter Rabbit caught in a net.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Sepia ink on paper |
| Brief description | Pen and ink sketch from the story of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter in relation to the Horn Book fund-raising scheme for 'The Windermere Fund', ca. August-September 1927. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1840. |
| Physical description | Peter Rabbit caught in a net. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Britannia Note watermark |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Made for the Horn Book magazine fund-raiser in 1927. 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. |
| Production | Made for sale through the Horn Book for the Windermere Fund to raise money to purchase Cockshott Point on Windermere. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| 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.1840 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.550(J) |
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| Record created | March 12, 2019 |
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