The Tailor of Gloucester
Frederick Warne and Co Ltd..
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
8 Jun 1903
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
260 x 205 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Place of origin
Bedford Street
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242278.1
Summary
Letter to Beatrix Potter from Frederick Warne and Co, dated 8 June 1903 and signed Norman Warne. Regarding receipt by Warne of the original illustrations for The Tailor of Gloucester; improvements to the cat's head and the colouring of the second candle-light picture; return of the four pictures for Beatrix to work on; receipt of new printing blocks for the Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and request for Beatrix to inspect them; proofs not very good.
Makers and roles
Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., writer