ICAA Christmas card - The Flopsy Bunnies open their Christmas stockings
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1938
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
152 x 107 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242294.4
Summary
Printed Christmas card designed by Beatrix Potter for the Invalid Children's Aid Association, 1938. The Flopsy Bunnies play with a Christmas stocking hung over the end of a bed. Inside is a sepia line illustration of three rabbits reading a letter, and the text - 'Here comes Peter with the post bag! Is this the right rabbit hole please?' There is another copy of this card in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, see their published catalogue reference 1810.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Invalid Children's Aid Association, engraver and publisher