Tom Kitten's Painting Book
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil, Watercolour
Measurements
138 x 192 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242542
Summary
Proof copy of a page from Tom Kitten's Painting Book. Mother mouse rocks baby mice in a cradle. The picture has been coloured in, and there are instructions to the printer written in pencil, possibly by Beatrix Potter. The proof has been glued at the corners onto a piece of card.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., engraver and publisher