Potter's World

1866-1943: The Artist and Her World

A definitive work on the art of Beatrix Potter, with over 450 images depicting her life and her work.

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Beatrix Potter's Journal

This lavishly illustrated journal follows Beatrix Potter's life as she struggles to achieve independence, artistic success and romantic love.

Each page offers an array of intricate paper-engineered effects, which make it the perfect way to immerse yourself in the intriguing and beautiful world of Beatrix Potter and her beloved characters.

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Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit

This fascinating little book tells the story of Beatrix Potter, the writer and artist who created some of the world's best loved characters including Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and Mrs Tiggy-winkle.

It describes her life from her lonely childhood in a big London house, where her animals were her best friends, to her old age as a successful farmer in the Lake District. And it reveals how her pet, Peter, came to be the most famous rabbit in the world.

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Beatrix Potter's Art

A beautiful hardback edition featuring early still-life studies, sketches of pets and places, microscopic paintings of insects and fungi, country views and interiors, fantasy pictures, as well as miniature vignettes characteristic of her book illustrations and the impressionistic landscapes of her later years.

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Beatrix Potter: Artist and Illustrator

This is a fully-illustrated collection of about 200 paintings by Beatrix Potter, which accompanied a major exhibition of Beatrix Potter's work at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in autumn 2005.

The selection, introduction and notes are by Anne Hobbs, former curator of the Beatrix Potter collection at the V&A. The book will act as the official catalogue for the Dulwich Exhibition, but will also stand alone as an exciting and innovative presentation of the works of an enduringly popular English illustrator.

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Beatrix Potter's Lake District

This beautiful 'coffee table' book features stunning photographs from the National Trust's extensive photo library, and covers the area of the Lake District associated with Beatrix Potter.

Alongside the photographs are related Beatrix Potter watercolour landscape paintings and illustrations from her famous Tales, revealing the way the Lake District countryside inspired her.

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Beatrix Potter: The Story of the Creator of Peter Rabbit

This splendid children's introduction to her extraordinary life story is ideal for young fans who want an informative and easy to understand text and provides an excellent source of reference for school projects.

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The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius

This captivating biography brings us the passionate, unconventional woman behind the beloved stories: a gifted artist and shrewd businesswoman; a pioneering scientific researcher; a powerful landowner who conserved acres of Lakeland countryside; a daughter who defied her parents with her first tragically short engagement and who, finally was given a second chance of love and happiness.

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A Tale of Peter Rabbit

When Beatrix Potter died in 1943 few knew the full story of her life. Margaret Lane's remarkable piece of literary detective work, originally published only three years after Beatrix's death, told her story for the first time.

Extensively revised in1985 to include new material that had come to light, it remains essential reading for anyone interested in the background to the author of the famous Peter Rabbit Tales.

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