The Tailor of Gloucester
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil
Measurements
87 x 66 mm; 2 sheets (Extent)
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242292.1
Summary
One of two proof sheets of the cover illustration for The Tailor of Gloucester. Features a mouse with glasses reading a newspaper on top of a thread bobbin. This is the clean version with no pencil markings.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist