Drawing
1900-1
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Rough sketches of Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail eating blackberries; also a rough sketch of Peter squeezing under the gate, with other rabbit studies.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Rough preparatory pencil sketch for the first private edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Great Britain, 1900-1. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 902. |
| Physical description | Rough sketches of Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail eating blackberries; also a rough sketch of Peter squeezing under the gate, with other rabbit studies. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| 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. |
| Production | Made for the first privately printed edition |
| Literary reference | The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| Other number | LB.902 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | BP.583(23) |
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| Record created | August 21, 2019 |
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