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Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866 and
grew up living the conventionally sheltered life of a Victorian girl
in a well-to-do household. She was educated at home by a governess with
her brother Bertram. Her constant companions were the pet animals she
kept which she enjoyed studying and sketching. On summer holidays she
delighted in exploring the countryside and learning about plants and
animals from her own observations. Beatrix Potter’s career as
a children’s illustrator and storyteller began when The Tale of
Peter Rabbit was published by Frederick Warne and Co. in 1902. The public
loved it as soon as it appeared and Beatrix went on to produce on average
two books a year until 1910. In the early years of publishing her editor
was Norman Warne and they fell in love and became engaged in 1905. Unfortunately
the marriage never took place as Norman died suddenly. The money she
earned from her ‘little books', as she called them, gave her financial
independence and she began to purchase property in her beloved Lake
District. In 1913 she married William Heelis, a Lakeland solicitor,
and made Sawrey her permanent home. Writing and painting began to take
second place to farming, sheep-breeding and buying stretches of the
beautiful Lakeland countryside to ensure their conservation. When she
died in 1943 she left over 4,000 acres of land and fifteen farms to
the nation.
This collector's edition of prints from 2007 was a limited production
of 495 examples approved by Frederick Warne and Co. and produced using
retouched artwork from the publisher's archive. Each one is supplied
with detailed information and a certificate of authenticity.
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Jemima Puddle Duck
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50 (within mount) £90
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Jeremy Fisher
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50 (within mount) £90
(framed in oak)
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Squirrel Nutkin
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50
(within mount)
£90 (framed in oak)
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Peter Rabbit
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50 (within mount) £90
(framed in oak)
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Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50 (within mount) £90
(framed in oak)
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Two Bad Mice
Giclée print in colours on wove paper
numbered from collector's edition of 495
41 x 35 cm.
£50 (within mount) £90
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