The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Feb 1909 - Aug 1909
Materials
Ink, Paper
Measurements
119 x 156 mm
Place of origin
Sawrey
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242996
Caption
Ink illustration for page 17 of The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (or page 13 of the 2002 edition), "It would never do to eat our own customers". Mice enter the shop. One mouse is pointing at the boxes of cream crackers and water biscuits by the counter, while two other mice wait in the doorway. The book was published October 1909.
Summary
Ink illustration for The Tale of Ginger and Pickles (published October 1909). This illustration shows two mice stood in the doorway of the shop. Another mice is in the shop pointing to the left where three boxes are stacked, They are labelled 'Oatmeal Wafers', 'Water Biscuits' and 'Cream Crackers'.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist