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The Tale of Mr. Tod

Book
1912 (published)
Artist/Maker
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. (publisher)
Edmund Evans Ltd. (printer)
Potter, Beatrix (author)
Potter, Beatrix (illustrator)
Place of origin
London (printed and published)

Printed book, 93, [1] pages. Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of buff paper over boards. Upper cover with brown-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in brown with paper onlay set within brown-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in brown on spine.

Object details

Categories
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Books
Children & Childhood
National Art Library
Illustration
Object type
Book
TitleThe Tale of Mr. Tod (published title)
Materials and techniques
Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in paper covered, and blocked case binding.
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Card
Three-Colour Process (Printing)
Typesetting
Blocking
Onlay
Bookbinding
Brief description
Book, The Tale of Mr. Tod, by Beatrix Potter, published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. First edition, 1912 (Beatrix Potter's copy). Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1605. NAL accession no. BP.137. Library's copy D.
Physical description
Printed book, 93, [1] pages. Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of buff paper over boards. Upper cover with brown-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in brown with paper onlay set within brown-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in brown on spine.
Dimensions
  • Closed height: 143mm
  • Closed width: 113mm
  • Closed depth: 16mm
Approx dimension when closed on L-Shape lectern with magnetic strip on back for vertical display: H143mm x W113mm x D 30mm Approx dimension when closed on lectern at approx80 degree angle with magnetic strip on back for vertical display: H180mm x W113mm x D 80mm
Production typeMass produced
Gallery label
(August 2022)
In the manuscript she sent to her publisher, Potter linked her stories together by making the character Mr. Fox lead readers from one to another, acting either as observer or protagonist. In her surviving illustrations, the fox resembles Mr. Tod from her 1912 Tale. In fact, Potter wanted to call her proposed fables book ‘The Tale of the Birds and Mr. Tod’.
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Previously Beatrix Potter's copy. Library's copy D. 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
Mint copy
Subject depicted
Fox
Literary reference
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. p.178, cat. no. LB.1605
Other numbers
  • LB.1605 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
  • BP.137 - NAL accession number
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.137

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Record createdDecember 4, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1519032/the-tale-of-mr-tod-book-potter-beatrix/
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