Peter Rabbit's Painting Book
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
Oct 1911
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
177 x 211 mm; 12 sheets (Extent)
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242295
Summary
Copy of Peter Rabbit's Painting Book, consisting of a collection of 12 sepia outline drawings printed on separate sheets of paper which are contained within a paper envelope. The first edition of the Peter Rabbit Painting Book was issued in book format in October 1911. Beatrix suggested to Warne that sets of colouring sheets also be issued separately; so sets of 12 sheets were produced to be sold in an envelope for 4d per set (see Leslie Linder, A History of the Writings). See also HIL.R.94.1 - HIL.R.91.12, the colouring sheets which are listed separately.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., engraver and publisher