Beatrix Potter collection, 1884-1997, bulk 1890-1943.

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Beatrix Potter collection, 1884-1997, bulk 1890-1943.

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Original art, manuscripts, letters, and ephemera. Includes original watercolors and drawings, watercolors and manuscript for The tailor of Gloucester, pen-and-ink drawings and manuscript for The tale of little pig Robinson, and sketches by W.B. Potter, brother of Beatrix Potter. Significant correspondents include Sylvie Heelis, Alexander McKay, Winifrede Moore, Mrs. James DeWolf Perry, Elizabeth H. Stevens, and Amelia Warne. Pieces of ephemera include autographed greeting cards, photographs, Beswick porcelain figurines, puzzles, games, calendars, and exhibition and sales catalogs.

436 items.

Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library

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Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central 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...

Potter, W. B. (Walter Bertram), 1872-1918

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Stevens, Elizabeth H.

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Moore, Winifrede.

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McKay, Alexander G., 1924-2007

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Warne, Amelia.

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Perry, James DeWolf, Mrs.

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Heelis, Sylvie.

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