Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature Press Images
Sketchbook used by Beatrix, aged nine, pages dated March 19–21
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Sketchbook used by Beatrix, aged nine, pages dated March 19–21, 1876, watercolor and pencil on paper, stitched, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.741. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Variant artwork for The Tale of Peter Rabbit, used in editions between 1907 and 1911
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Variant artwork for The Tale of Peter Rabbit, used in editions between 1907 and 1911, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.468. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Beatrix Potter aged 15 with the family’s spaniel, Spot
Rupert Potter (English, 1832–1914), Beatrix Potter aged 15 with the family’s spaniel, Spot, ca. 1881, photograph reproduced from an albumen print, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.1425. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
The garden at Gwaynynog, Denbighshire
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), The garden at Gwaynynog, Denbighshire, probably March 1909, watercolor and pencil on paper, V&A: LC 27/B/3, given by the Linder Collection. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Nesting mouse, unused design for a greetings card
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Nesting mouse, unused design for a greetings card, February 1890, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.442. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Mrs. Rabbit
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Mrs. Rabbit, September 1927, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.548. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Early endpaper design, second version
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Early endpaper design, second version, first used in December 1903, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, mounted on card, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.460. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Appley Dapply at a cupboard
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Appley Dapply at a cupboard, 1891, watercolor on paper, V&A: LC 29/A/1, given by the Linder Collection. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. and the Linder Collection.
Monk Coniston Moor, drawn “7.00 morn”
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Monk Coniston Moor, drawn “7.00 morn,” November 16, 1909, watercolor and pencil on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.1057. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Magnified studies of a ground beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Magnified studies of a ground beetle (Carabus nemoralis), August 1887, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.257. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
A hedgehog, assumed to be Beatrix’s Mrs. Tiggy
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), A hedgehog, assumed to be Beatrix’s Mrs. Tiggy, ca. 1904–1905, watercolor and pencil on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.495. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
The garden at Ees Wyke
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), The garden at Ees Wyke, ca. 1900, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.238. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spring, the Nuttery (garden), Harescombe Grange, Gloucestershire
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Spring, the Nuttery (garden), Harescombe Grange, Gloucestershire, ca. 1903, watercolor and pen and ink on paper, V&A: LC 4/A/1, given by the Linder Collection. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Studio portrait of Beatrix Potter
Andrew Finlay Mackenzie (English, 1846–1940), Studio portrait of Beatrix Potter, ca. 1892, albumen print on gilt-edged, lithographed card, V&A: Linder Bequest BP.1425. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Letters between Squirrel Nutkin, Twinkleberry Squirrel, and Rt. Hon. O. Brown Esq. MP.
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943), Letters between Squirrel Nutkin, Twinkleberry Squirrel, and Rt. Hon. O. Brown Esq. MP., undated, ca. 1902–1912, ink on paper, V&A: AAD/1996/12/2/v–viii, given by Lucie Carr. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
