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
172 x 117 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242202.9
Summary
Drawing in black ink for the privately printed edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail pick blackberries. A back view of two of the rabbits who stand on tip-toe reaching up to the top of the bush, while the third appears from behind the bush carrying a collecting basket. 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