{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O1241347"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1241347/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2025PK5137/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2025PK5137/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"low","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2025PK5137","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London / courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. ","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2025PK5136","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London / courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. ","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O1241347","accessionNumber":"BP.475","objectType":"Watercolour","titles":[{"title":"Squirrel in a wood","type":"generic title"}],"summaryDescription":"This watercolour is thought to depict the woods near Derwentwater. Between 1885 and 1903 Potter spent six of her long family summer breaks, first at Lingholm and then at Fawe Park, large houses overlooking Derwentwater. Beatrix's love of the varied surroundings of the woods and lakeland is revealed in their detailed depictions in <i>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin <i><i>(1903)</i></i></i><i>.</i>\n\nBeatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three original Peter Rabbit books between 1901 and 1913. <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</i> (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.  ","physicalDescription":"Watercolour painting with sepia ink details of a red squirrel in the left foreground shown on the ground searching. A route through the trees progresses round to the right and then left, with light shining through. The trees are probably silver birch.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Beatrix Potter","id":"A18000"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"paper (fiber product)","id":"AAT14109"},{"text":"watercolour (paint)","id":"AAT15045"}],"techniques":[{"text":"watercolour painting (technique)","id":"THES250889"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour and sepia ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Watercolours","id":"THES277714"},{"text":"Animals and Wildlife","id":"THES250852"},{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"},{"text":"Landscapes","id":"THES250800"},{"text":"Books","id":"THES48986"},{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"},{"text":"Woman Artist","id":"THES387590"},{"text":"Tourism & Travel","id":"THES250702"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2025PK5137","2025PK5136"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES318123"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watercolour (painting)","id":"AAT78925"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Derwentwater","id":"x43447"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Probably painted in the woods near Fawe Park on the banks of Derwentwater."}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1903","earliest":"1903-01-01","latest":"1903-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Approximate date."}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]","dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","value":"205","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"width","value":"160","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Size of paper","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Believed to be a background study by Beatrix Potter for <i>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin</i> (1903). Acquired by the V&amp;A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.   ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Watercolour and sepia ink drawing of a squirrel in a wood near Derwentwater by Beatrix Potter; drawn for The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903); Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB.918.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"'Hobbs and Whalley, Beatrix Potter : the V&A Collection, London, 1985'","id":"AUTH315806"},"details":"Brief catalogue entry, no. 918.","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Derwentwater","id":"x43447"},{"text":"Lake District","id":"x35878"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"squirrel","id":"x30167"},{"text":"woods","id":"AAT132451"},{"text":"silver birch","id":"AAT11991"},{"text":"natural history","id":"AAT251095"},{"text":"animals","id":"x30274"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["BP.475"],"accessionNumberNum":"475","accessionNumberPrefix":"BP","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Linder Bequest catalogue no.","id":"THES57120"},"number":"LB.918"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-19","recordCreationDate":"2011-10-21","availableToBook":false}}