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Potter has said that Sawrey is Jeremy Fisher's home and it is widely thought that Esthwaite Water served as the backdrop for many of the illustrations for <i>The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher</i> published in 1906.\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":"Retaining wall and pavilion of Lakefield (an estate near Sawrey, Cumbria) depicted on right-hand side of painting. Pink and purple flowers can be seen jutting over the boundary wall. View of Esthwaite Water, one of the smaller lakes of the Lake District, with trees in front and fells behind. In the middle-ground there is a horse and cart taking hay from the field.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Beatrix Potter","id":"A18000"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper (fiber product)","id":"AAT14109"},{"text":"watercolour (paint)","id":"AAT15045"}],"techniques":[{"text":"watercolour painting (technique)","id":"THES250889"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Watercolours","id":"THES277714"},{"text":"Landscapes","id":"THES250800"},{"text":"Tourism & Travel","id":"THES250702"},{"text":"Woman Artist","id":"THES387590"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2014HA0850","2012FP4714"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLE","id":"THES49657"},"free":"","case":"SK Temp 8","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watercolour (painting)","id":"AAT78925"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1900","earliest":"1900-01-01","latest":"1900-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Possibly"}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Linder Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"width","value":"356","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"height","value":"254","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"size of paper","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Leslie Linder (1904-1973) to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of a representative selection of Beatrix Potter's work. This selection, comprising 279 drawings and 38 early editions and now known as the Linder Collection, was formerly on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1989 and 2019 form the charitable trust, The Linder Trust. ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Drawing of a view of Esthwaite Water from Lakefield, watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Esthwaite Water, possibly 1900, Linder Collection object no. 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