Greetings Card
ca. 1897 (made)
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On the outside, a spray of rose-hips; inside, an illustration from Cecily Parsley inscribed (in pencil) Gentlemen came every day.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and pen and ink on paper, inscribed in pencil |
| Brief description | Unfinished Christmas Card, by Beatrix Potter, watercolour and pen-and-ink. Great Britain, ca. 1897. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.2140. |
| Physical description | On the outside, a spray of rose-hips; inside, an illustration from Cecily Parsley inscribed (in pencil) Gentlemen came every day. |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Bequeathed to the V&A by Enid Linder in 1980. Originally 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. Purchased by Lelise Linder from Sothebys(?) |
| Other number | LB.2140 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.1567 |
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| Record created | August 21, 2019 |
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