Story letter extracts
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1900
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
155 x 103 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
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Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242260
Summary
Copy made by Beatrix of a story letter extract, from an as yet unidentified letter. It concerns Beatrix's rabbit, and was presumably written while she was on holiday. It opens, 'I think you would like to hear about my rabbit. I brought him from London in a basket.' The text of the copy is published in 'Letters to Children' edited by Judy Taylor.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer