An archive of early drawings and letters by children's author Beatrix Potter have emerged for sale for £250,000. The charming illustrations date from the 1890s when the writer was honing her craft and ...

A collection of early drawings and letters by children's author Beatrix Potter have sold for £213,000 at auction. The illustrations and writing date back to the 1890s before Potter penned the Peter ...

Four new illustrations by beloved children’s author Beatrix Potter have been discovered by staff a National Trust property in the UK. The line drawings were found hidden inside books at Melford Hall ...

Mrs Rabbit pouring out the tea for Peter while her children look on, 1902-1907. Linder Bequest. Museum no.BP.468. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London/courtesy of ...

An original watercolour illustration by Beatrix Potter for the final scene from the Rabbit Christmas Party has set a new auction record at 289,250 pounds ($596,124). The sum was nearly five times the ...

Previously unknown drawings by Beatrix Potter have been found during cleaning work at a National Trust property. The four line drawings were found hidden inside books during conservation work at ...

Spread from The Art of Beatrix Potter (2016), published by Chronicle Books (all illustrations © Frederick Warne & Co.) I grew up on a steady diet of Beatrix Potter ...

UNABLE to think of what to write to the son of a close friend, Beatrix Potter wrote an illustrated letter that became the basis of her most famous book. Inspired partly by the antics of her own pet ...

Beatrix Potter is best known for her tales and illustrations of Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter Rabbit, who pestered a certain farmer by digging up his onions. Outside of Mr. McGregor’s garden ...

Mrs. Rabbit pours tea for Peter Rabbit while her other children watch. (1902–1907) (© Victoria and Albert Museum; image courtesy Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.) Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 to a ...