Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
26 May 1930
Materials
Ink, Paper
Place of origin
Allanwater
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242601
Summary
Letter with envelope from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated 22 January 1930, the letter concerns quarrels amongst the staff contrasted with Joseph's good temper; a new head cowman to arrive; good crop of calves;poor weather; loss of a working dog and reluctance to work Lassie. Part of a collection of letters, Beatrix Potter's Lake District Letters to Joseph Moscrop, edited and transcribed by Judy Taylor and published (1988) as 'Beatrix Potter's Farming Friendship, Lake District Letters to Joseph Moscrop 1926-1943.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's auction 10 July 2001.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer Joseph Moscrop (fl.1926-1943), recipient