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
176 x 119 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242202.13
Summary
Drawing in black ink for the privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Peter stands in the vegetable garden eating a radish. To his right a fork stands dug into the earth, only the shaft and handle is visible; a bird (robin) sits on the handle. 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