Peter Rabbit's Painting Book
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Oct 1911
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil, Watercolour
Measurements
190 x 254 mm
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242546
Summary
Proof copy of a page from the 1911 first edition of Peter Rabbit's Painting Book. Benjamin Bunny tends Peter, who is wrapped in a red spotted handkerchief. The picture has been coloured in and has been mounted on card. It has been annotated in pencil, 'Duplicate - not used'.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., engraver and publisher