Lot 57
Potter (Beatrix) Pencil drawing of two women in 19th century dress, 1901.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Potter (Beatrix, attributed to) Pencil drawing titled "The Sisters", two women in 19th century dress, graphite on wove paper, initialled "H.B.P." bottom right, some light spotting and light surface soiling, 150 x 95mm., [c.1900].
⁂ Accompanying the lot is a signed declaration by Anne S. Hobbs stating that in her opinion "this drawing is probably by Beatrix Potter; the subject is very likely to have been copied from a fashion plate. The initials are not quite like any of the forms of 'HBP' seen on pre-1900 drawings in the V&A collections, but the latter do display a certain degree of variation. The display lettering is convincing, except for the upper case 'T'."
Provenance: The Greenfield Beale Collection, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 15th November, 2000, lot 189.
Description
Potter (Beatrix, attributed to) Pencil drawing titled "The Sisters", two women in 19th century dress, graphite on wove paper, initialled "H.B.P." bottom right, some light spotting and light surface soiling, 150 x 95mm., [c.1900].
⁂ Accompanying the lot is a signed declaration by Anne S. Hobbs stating that in her opinion "this drawing is probably by Beatrix Potter; the subject is very likely to have been copied from a fashion plate. The initials are not quite like any of the forms of 'HBP' seen on pre-1900 drawings in the V&A collections, but the latter do display a certain degree of variation. The display lettering is convincing, except for the upper case 'T'."
Provenance: The Greenfield Beale Collection, Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 15th November, 2000, lot 189.
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