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The Tailor of Gloucester

Book
1902 (published)
Artist/Maker
Strangeways and Sons (printed)
Hentschel (printed)
Potter, Beatrix (author)
Potter, Beatrix (illustrator)
Place of origin
London (published)

Printed book, [64] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates. Privately printed edition of the book.

Object details

Categories
Books
Animals and Wildlife
Anthropomorphism
Children & Childhood
Illustration
National Art Library
Object type
Book
TitleThe Tailor of Gloucester (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound printed book, paper, printing ink, three colour printing process.
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Three-Colour Process
Bookbinding
Brief description
Book, The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter. Privately printed in London by Strangeways and Sons, Printers, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, December 1902. Linder Bequest cat no. LB 1562. NAL accession number BP.39. Library's copy B.
Physical description
Printed book, [64] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates. Privately printed edition of the book.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm
Mounted dimensions: H130 W110 D100 mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Copyright (Blocked in black on cover)
  • Rupert Potter (printed in roman letters on bookplate on inside upper cover )
  • Dec 18. 1902. (inscribed in ink (by Beatrix Potter?))
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.1562 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
  • BP.29 - NAL accession number
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
BP.39

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Record createdJuly 3, 2021
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1640235/the-tailor-of-gloucester-book-potter-beatrix/
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