ICAA Christmas card - Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1936
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
152 x 107 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242294.3
Summary
Printed greetings card designed by Beatrix Potter for the Invalid Children's Aid Association, 1936. Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny stand in Hill Top garden, in front of the porch. Inside is a sepia line illustration of Tom Kitten looking out of a window, and the text - 'Tom Kitten's mother lives in that house. I hope she is not looking!' There is another copy of this card in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, see their published catalogue reference 1808.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Invalid Children's Aid Association, engraver and publisher