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Lot 56
Potter (Beatrix) A pencil drawing of a Victorian street scene, [c.1900].
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Potter (Beatrix) A pencil drawing of a Victorian street scene, graphite on faintly lined paper, signed "Helen Beatrix Potter" at foot, tissue-guard, very light toning to margins and one or two faint spots, 234 x 190mm., [c.1900].
⁂ Accompanying the lot is a signed declaration by Anne S. Hobbs stating that in her opinion "this drawing is by Beatrix Potter and that the signature is authentic. The subject is very likely to have been copied from a drawing manual."
An interesting early scene by Beatrix Potter that bears an interesting resemblance to a plate used in the privately printed edition of The Tailor of Gloucester (the illustration of Simkin sitting in the snow).
Provenance: The Greenfield Beale Collection, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 15th November, 2000, lot 170.
Description
Potter (Beatrix) A pencil drawing of a Victorian street scene, graphite on faintly lined paper, signed "Helen Beatrix Potter" at foot, tissue-guard, very light toning to margins and one or two faint spots, 234 x 190mm., [c.1900].
⁂ Accompanying the lot is a signed declaration by Anne S. Hobbs stating that in her opinion "this drawing is by Beatrix Potter and that the signature is authentic. The subject is very likely to have been copied from a drawing manual."
An interesting early scene by Beatrix Potter that bears an interesting resemblance to a plate used in the privately printed edition of The Tailor of Gloucester (the illustration of Simkin sitting in the snow).
Provenance: The Greenfield Beale Collection, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 15th November, 2000, lot 170.
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