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Cinderella

Manuscript
Artist/Maker
Potter, Beatrix (author)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Cinderella, Chapter 4. 6ff, rough draft, in ink, on thin ruled exercise paper.

Object details

Categories
Manuscripts
Fairy Tales and Legends
Object type
Manuscript
TitleCinderella
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Handwriting
Brief description
Manuscript of 'Cinderella' by Beatrix Potter. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1186, NAL accession no. BP.704(iv).
Physical description
Cinderella, Chapter 4. 6ff, rough draft, in ink, on thin ruled exercise paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Production typeUnique
Gallery label
(November 2019)
Potter composed several drafts of a Cinderella story, suggesting an early serious attempt at writing. Setting the story in the Kingdom of Nowarra (perhaps ‘nowhere’), she had Cinderella’s troubles begin once her step-sisters become her guardians. The fairy godmother, Madame La Fée, turns the pumpkin into the ‘most beautifullest gold coach’ but leaves the rabbits, mice, lizards and impressively ‘whiskered’ coachman (a rat) in animal form. A surviving design omits lizards and adds a mole carrying a lamp and guinea pigs carrying sedan chairs.
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 numbers
  • LB.1186 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
  • BP.704(iv) - NAL accession number
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.704(iv)

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Record createdOctober 3, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1513307/cinderella-manuscript-potter-beatrix/
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