The Roly-Poly Pudding
Manuscript
1906 (dated)
1906 (dated)
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Thirty-two drawings in sepia ink and two watercolours, mounted in the exercise book. Written out on one side of the page, in a ruled-exercise book with stiff black covers, blind-stamped with the maker's name. Title and date is written on the front endpaper. 78 pages, 44 of which blank.
Object details
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| Title | The Roly-Poly Pudding (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours and sepia ink illustrations, written in ink on paper, ruled exercise book with stiff covers, blind-stamped |
| Brief description | Manuscript of 'The Roly-Poly Pudding', in an Lamley & Co. exercise book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, dated Christmas 1906. Inscribed with the name and address of Winifred Warne. Linder Bequest catalogue number, LB 1162. NAL accession number BP.596. NAL Pressmark T.26.L. |
| Physical description | Thirty-two drawings in sepia ink and two watercolours, mounted in the exercise book. Written out on one side of the page, in a ruled-exercise book with stiff black covers, blind-stamped with the maker's name. Title and date is written on the front endpaper. 78 pages, 44 of which blank. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | The title is written on the front endpaper and dated Christmas 1906. The name and address of Winifred Warne appears at the top of the left front endpaper. 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Library number | BP.596 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2020 |
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