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The Tailor of Gloucester

Book
1903 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed book, 85 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. With three-colour-process printed pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece of mouse on cotton-reel. De-luxe edition with case binding of floral calico (from Edmund Potter's calico printing works in Dinting Vale, Manchester) over boards. Upper covers with title and author stamped in gold inside white rectangular labels.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Tailor of Gloucester (published title)
Materials and techniques
Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of printed and fabric over boards, gold-blocked
Brief description
Book, 'The Tailor of Gloucester', by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne. With deluxe art fabric cover. Linder Bequest catalogue number LB 1570. NAL accession no. BP.55. Library's copy E.
Physical description
Printed book, 85 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. With three-colour-process printed pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece of mouse on cotton-reel. De-luxe edition with case binding of floral calico (from Edmund Potter's calico printing works in Dinting Vale, Manchester) over boards. Upper covers with title and author stamped in gold inside white rectangular labels.
Dimensions
  • Length: 144mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Width: 109mm (closed)
  • Depth: 13mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
Measured in Book Conservation measuring box
Marks and inscriptions
To Ethel with love from B. Nov 10th '03 (Ethel Hyde-Parker)
Credit line
Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]
Object history
Beatrix Potter's copy. 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.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
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
  • BP.55 - NAL accession number
  • LB.1570 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
Library number
38041005054291

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Record createdDecember 15, 2020
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