ICAA Christmas card - Jemima Puddle-Duck
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1934
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
165 x 121 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242294.5
Summary
Printed greetings card designed by Beatrix Potter for the Invalid Children's Aid Association, 1934. A sepia line illustration of Jemima Puddle-Duck appears on the front. Inside is a sepia line illustration of Jemima talking to Peter Rabbit while Tom Kitten looks on. The text inside reads - 'Will you come to tea Peter?' 'I should love to Jemima, but will there be a cat?' 'No cat, no foxes! Just me and you.' 'Meow can I come too,' said Tom Kitten. There is a copy of this card in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, see their published catalogue reference 1801.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Invalid Children's Aid Association, engraver and publisher