Beatrix Potter and Alice Crompton Potter
Rupert William Potter (1833–1914)
Category
Photographs
Date
1871
Materials
Photographic print
Measurements
126 x 87 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242424.1
Summary
Mounted photographic print of Beatrix Potter aged about 5 years, and her cousin Alice Crompton Potter. Beatrix is holding a toy rabbit. The photograph, oval in shape, was taken by Rupert Potter in 1871, and is inscribed by Beatrix Potter 'Beatrix potter holding a toy rabbit 1871, aged 5? Cousin Alice Crompton Potter.'
Marks and inscriptions
Beatrix potter holding a toy rabbit 1871, aged 5? Cousin Alice Crompton Potter (Beatrix Potter)
Makers and roles
Rupert William Potter (1833–1914), manufacturer