Travelling rabbit
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1890 - 1891
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
110 x 93 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242411
Summary
Printed Christmas card designed by Beatrix Potter, early 1890s. A gentleman rabbit carrying a carpet bag and umbrella stands on a traveller's trunk. Against the trunk leans a large suitcase. The greeting 'A bright and happy Christmas' appears below. The card was printed in Germany by Hildesheimer and Faulkner.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Hildesheimer and Faulkner, engraver and publisher