Beatrix Potter: ‘The Art of Leaving Out’

Beatrix Potter, Petter Rabbit, Caldecott, nursery rhymes, sepia pen, ink drawings

  • Variant illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding

    Variant illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Variant illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat'.

  • Preliminary design for the title page of The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary design for the title page of The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary design for the title page of The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

  • Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'What is all that soot in the fender?'

  • Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby - now Moppet and Mittens are gone!'

  • Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'Tom Kitten … landed on a ledge high up inside the chimney'

  • Beatrix Potter, Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding

    Beatrix Potter, Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Beatrix Potter Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    1908 © FrederickWarne & Co., 2008

    'Tom Kitten … landed on a ledge high up inside the chimney'

  • Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'There was a pattering noise and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter'

  • Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter, 1908. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for The Roly-Poly Pudding
    Beatrix Potter
    1908
    © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    'Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter to the kitchen to steal the dough'.

  • Preliminary illustration for a painting book, Beatrix Potter

    Preliminary illustration for a painting book, Beatrix Potter, about 1911. © Frederick Warne & Co., 2008

    Preliminary illustration for a painting book
    Beatrix Potter
    About 1911© Frederick Warne & Co., 2008