Melford Hall's Ancient Fish Pond
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Watercolour, paper
Measurements
170 x 210 mm
Place of origin
Melford Hall
Order this imageCollection
Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926397
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Melford Hall's Ancient Fish Pond by Helen Beatrix Potter, Mrs William Heelis (London 1866 – Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943). Facsimile of original watercolour by Beatrix Potter. Melford Hall's Ancient Fishpond. Formerly owned by Stephanie Hyde Parker. Original returned to V and A Museum - MEL/P/41
Provenance
Part of the Hyde Parker Collection. The hall and part of the collection were Accepted in Lieu and transferred by the Treasury to the National Trust in 1960
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)