Drawing
1984 (made)
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| Place of origin |
A design for a label for a bottle of Safeway baby lotion showing two mice represented anthropomorphically as a mother and baby in the manner of Beatrix Potter. The mother mouse is depicted caring for her child lying in a cradle formed of a walnut shell.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, ink, and watercolour, heightened with kaolinite, on thick surface board protected by overlays |
| Brief description | Drawing by Elizabeth Anne Hunt, design for a label for a bottle of Safeway baby lotion, pencil, ink and watercolour, heightened with kaolinite, Great Britain, 1984 |
| Physical description | A design for a label for a bottle of Safeway baby lotion showing two mice represented anthropomorphically as a mother and baby in the manner of Beatrix Potter. The mother mouse is depicted caring for her child lying in a cradle formed of a walnut shell. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed and dated in pencil on label stuck on the back 'Baby Lotion Safeway 1984'.A |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.867-1994 |
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| Record created | April 3, 2009 |
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