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Sculpture

ca. 1884-5 (made)
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Modelled clay painted a grey colour around a design in low relief of a woman carrying a water pitchedr on her head. (Clay broken in six pieces).

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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...

Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Ceramics
Woman Artist
Tourism & Travel
Object type
sculpture
Materials and techniques
Painted clay, waterbased paint?
Clay
Watercolour
Modelling
Brief description
Modelling in white clay, painted, by Beatrix Potter, Great Britain, about 1884 or 1885. Design possibly copied from Wedgwood. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1872.
Physical description
Modelled clay painted a grey colour around a design in low relief of a woman carrying a water pitchedr on her head. (Clay broken in six pieces).
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Width: 3cm
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.1872 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.865

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Record createdApril 9, 2019
Record URL
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