Beatrix Potter family photographs, 1875-1913 (MS Typ 1297): Guide

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Beatrix Potter family photographs, 1875-1913 (MS Typ 1297): Guide

1875-1913

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/12019

Collection of over 150 photographs of Beatrix Potter, her family and friends. Collection consists of mainly albumen and silver prints, postcards, and cartes-de-visite. Most photographs captioned and dated by family members on verso; many photographs were taken by Beatrix Potter's father, Rupert Potter. Photographs include images of Beatrix Potter from childhood to her late years, with family, her dog, and her friends. Collection also includes group photographs of the Potter family, interiors of their houses, scenery and landscapes.

.3 linear feet (1 box)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11661903

Houghton Library

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Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

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Beatrix Potter was born July 28 (or 6 according to some sources), 1866 in London, England; she died December 22, 1943 in Sawrey, England. She was the daughter of a barrister. In 1913, she married William Heelis, a lawyer. Ms. Potter was tutored by governesses, except for some brief private instruction, she was self taught in art. Ms. Potter was an author and illustrator of books for children, later a sheep farmer in the Lake District and a conservationist. Her first book, Tale Of Peter Rabbit, w...