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Please see lot 340 for a finished version of this drawing.
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Studies of the robin in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (recto) and a microscopic drawing (verso)
Details
Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
Studies of the robin in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (recto) and a microscopic drawing (verso)
inscribed '6 last' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, irregular shaped
3½ x 4½ in. (8.8 x 11.4 cm.)
Studies of the robin in The Tale of Peter Rabbit (recto) and a microscopic drawing (verso)
inscribed '6 last' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, irregular shaped
3½ x 4½ in. (8.8 x 11.4 cm.)
Provenance
Given by Leslie Linder to the present owner in 1965.
Literature
Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published by Frederick Warne & Co., 1902, ill. p. 22.
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