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
180 x 118 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242202.38
Summary
Drawing in black ink for the privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Inside the burrow Mrs Rabbit stands in the foreground stirring a pan, and looks over her shoulder at Peter who is lying by the entrance. Three rabbit faces are visible outside through the entrance. 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