Lot Essay
The finished watercolour for the front of the greetings card is in the Linder bequest. The Warne archive has finished variants for the front and back.
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A preliminary design for the back of a shaped greetings card - Two squirrels on a log seen from behind
Details
Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
A preliminary design for the back of a shaped greetings card - Two squirrels on a log seen from behind
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
7¾ x 4 7/8 in. (19.7 x 12.4 cm.)
A preliminary design for the back of a shaped greetings card - Two squirrels on a log seen from behind
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, unframed
7¾ x 4 7/8 in. (19.7 x 12.4 cm.)
Provenance
Castle Cottage, Sawrey.
Given by Leslie Linder to the present owner in 1965.
Given by Leslie Linder to the present owner in 1965.
Literature
The Art of Beatrix Potter, p. 121.
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