Beatrix Potter, Letter to Nöel Moore

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Nöel Moore, 4 September 1893, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter Letter to Nöel Moore 4 September 1893 © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007
'Eastwood, Dunfield. Sept 4th '93
My dear Noel, I don't know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter. They lived with their mother in a sand bank under the root of a big fir tree.'

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Eric Moore

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Eric Moore, 28 March 1894, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter
Letter to Eric Moore
28 March 1894
© Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

'Pendennis Hotel
Falmouth
March 28 '94

My dear Eric.. there are a great many ships here, some very large ones. There is one from Norway, and a French one unloading at the quay. Some of the sailors have little dogs, and cocks and hens on the ships. I have read about the owl & pussy cat, who went to sea in a pea green boat, but I never saw anything of that kind til today. I was looking at a ship called the Pearl of Falmouth which was being mended at the bottom because it had rubbed on a rock, when i heard something grunt!'

Beatrix Potter, Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’

Beatrix Potter, Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’, about 1897, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’ About 1897 © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter, Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’

Beatrix Potter, Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’, about 1897, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter
Illustrated manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’
About 1897
© Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

'The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey
and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a £5 note.

The owl looked up to the stars above
And sang to a small guitar
"Oh dear sweet Pussy Oh Pussy my love!
What a beautiful Pussy you are you are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"'

Beatrix Potter, Illustration of ‘The Amiable Guinea-pig’ for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes

Beatrix Potter, Illustration of ‘The Amiable Guinea-pig’ for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes, 1917, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter Illustration of ‘The Amiable Guinea-pig’ for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes 1917 © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Edward Lear, Manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’

Edward Lear, Manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’, 19 October 1868. MS Typ 55.14 (155) © Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

Edward Lear
Manuscript of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’
19 October 1868
MS Typ 55.14 (155)
© Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Eric Moore

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Eric Moore, 28 March 1894, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter
Letter to Eric Moore
28 March 1894
© Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

'This is the pig rowing away from the sailors, it is squeeling because it sees the knife & fork.
This is the pig living on Robinson Crusoe's Island. He is still rather afraid of the cook & is looking for the ship through a telescope.
This is the same pig after he has lived ten years upon the island: he has grown very very fat and the cook has never found him.'

Beatrix Potter, Dummy manuscript for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes

Beatrix Potter, Dummy manuscript for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes, 1917, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter
Dummy manuscript for Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes
1917
© Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

'There once was an amiable
guinea-pig,
Who brushed back his hair
like a periwig - '

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Fruing Warne

Beatrix Potter, Letter to Fruing Warne, 22 January 1924, © Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

Beatrix Potter
Letter to Fruing Warne
22 January 1924
© Frederick Warne & Co., 2007

'I had lately a pig that continually stood on its hind legs leaning over the pig stye, but its [sic] hanging up, unphotographed & cured now.'