The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1900 - 1901
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil
Measurements
179 x 117 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242202.10
Summary
Drawing in black ink for the privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter running. The coloured version of this illustration became the cover illustration for the Warnes edition, as well as being retained as an illustration within the first four Warnes editions. It was dropped from within the fifth edition (October 1903) but was retained for the cover illustration. See also HIL.R.1, the manuscript into which this illustration was originally attached.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist