In December 1901 Beatrix Potter paid Strangeways & Sons of Tower Street to make 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit at her own expense.
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@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialIn December 1901 Beatrix Potter paid Strangeways & Sons of Tower Street to make 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit at her own expense.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialChristmas 1903. Her father walked through the Burlington Arcade in Mayfair and found a toy squirrel labelled Nutkin on sale. She had not made it. Had not been asked.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialMrs Tiggy was a real hedgehog, and Beatrix Potter's model for Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialBeatrix Potter illustrated every page of every tale herself. No studio. No delegation. Every brush mark, hers.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialBeatrix Potter married William Heelis in 1913. She was 47. Her parents considered the match beneath her — he was a country solicitor from Hawkshead.