Letter to Joseph Moscrop
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Apr 1943
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
228 x 167 mm; 1 sheets (Extent)
Place of origin
Bailey
Collection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242638
Summary
Letter, with envelope, from Beatrix Potter to Joseph Moscrop, shepherd to Beatrix Potter at Troutbeck Park Farm from 1926. Dated April 1943, the letter concerns Mrs Walker's health; state of the grass; weather; sheep wintered well; dogs and cure for hysteria and fits in dogs; Herdwick Sheepbreeders Association Secretary (RH Lamb) and meeting; price of wool; workmen's ill health. 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