Guinea pigs
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1890 - 1895
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
130 x 90 mm; 19 sheets (Extent)
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242413
Summary
A collection of 19 printed Christmas cards, all of the same design, designed by Beatrix Potter in the early 1890s. Four guinea pigs wearing school-boy suits sit around a table. At the head of the table the mother guinea pig serves from a pot. The greeting 'Wishing you a very happy Christmas' appears below. The cards were 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