Pace-eggers
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Photographs
Date
1913
Materials
Paper, Photographic print
Measurements
139 x 184 mm
Place of origin
Sawrey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242334.4
Summary
Envelope that accompanies the three photographs taken by Beatrix Potter of village children performing a Pace-egger's mummer's play in Hill Top garden, possibly in 1913. Envelope has text written in ink on the front, saying 'Pace eggers - 3 photographs taken by me' 'I have the negatives'. See also HIL.R.133 and HIL.R.135, HIL.R.138, photographs of the same subject; HIL.R.38.2, manuscript of an article titled 'Pace Eggers' submitted to Country Life Magazine in 1913.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), manufacturer