Peter Rabbit's Painting Book
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1911
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolour
Measurements
274 x 192 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 243161
Summary
Printed illustration for Peter Rabbit's Painting Book (book format, published October 1911), hand coloured in watercolour by Beatrix Potter. There is an inscription, 'Coloured proof by Miss Potter for Engraver to follow.' The first edition of the Peter Rabbit Painting Book was issued in book format in October 1911. Beatrix suggested to Warne that sets of colouring sheets also be issued separately; so sets of 12 sheets were also produced to be sold in an envelope for 4d per set (see Leslie Linder, A History of the Writings). Beatrix's handwriting underneath the illustration. This is a large sized mount.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), artist Frederick Warne and Co Ltd.., engraver and publisher