Autograph letter signed : Ambleside, to Noel Moore, 1896 Aug. 7.

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Autograph letter signed : Ambleside, to Noel Moore, 1896 Aug. 7.

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Discussing her stay in Ambleside, noting that they have a boat on Esthwaite Lake. Mentioning that she "sometimes sit[s] quite still in the boat & watch[es] the water hens," and describing the wildlife, noting that the lapwings sleep while standing on one leg. Mentioning a local farmer, noting that he "has a beautiful fat pig." Illustrated with sketches of Potter in a rowboat on Esthwaite Water, water hens, lapwings, and other birds, as well as a fox carrying off a bird and a farm scene with a fat pig.

1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm.

Pierpont Morgan 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...

McKell, David McC., Col,

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Moore, N. E. A.

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