Sister Anne
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1927 - 1932
Materials
Ink, Paper
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Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242232
Summary
Manuscript of the story Sister Anne, written in ink on lined paper. The sheets of paper were grouped into bundles pinned or clipped together, and the whole manuscript tied together with string. The original groupings have been preserved, while the pins and string have been removed. The manuscript was in three distinct bundles of sheets, which are now numbered HIL.R.31.1, HIL.R.31.2 and HIL.R.31.3. These bundles were further divided into groups of sheets pinned together, and these groups have been preserved. This story, Beatrix Potter's version of Perrault's 17th century tale of Bluebeard, was originally intended to be included in The Fairy Caravan, but was cut. Alexander McKay wanted another story for publication in America after The Tale of Little Pig Robinson had appeared in 1930, so the story was reworked and was published in America in 1932.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer