Peter Rabbit's Painting Book
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
Oct 1911
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
211 x 177 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242295.3
Summary
Printed colouring sheet from the 1911 set of colouring sheets from the first edition of Peter Rabbit's Painting Book. A single sheet of paper which has been printed with a sepia outline drawing of Peter Rabbit in bed, only his ears visible above the covers, while Mrs Rabbit administers camomile tea. See also HIL.R.94
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., engraver and publisher