
Free display – Beatrix Potter's Art: 'drawn with design'
18 February – 17 November 2019
The V&A is a major resource for the study of Beatrix Potter. The museum holds the world's largest collection of her drawings, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and related materials. Besides studies for her Tales, nursery rhymes and fairy tales, the collection is strong in natural history and landscape watercolours and includes some family archival material.
Read more See less18 February – 17 November 2019
Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated 28 books, including her 23 Tales which have sold more than 100 million copies
From the age of eight Potter was recording the characteristics of animals, birds and insects
From the most mundane everyday objects to majestic landscapes
"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…"
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