Which of the colourised 1901 illustrations has stayed with you most?
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@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialWhich of the colourised 1901 illustrations has stayed with you most?
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.social"Your father had an accident there. He was put in a pie by Mrs McGregor." The text has been in every edition since 1901.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialIn a letter to Warne in early 1902, Beatrix Potter added a postscript: "I do not know if it is worth mentioning — but Dr. Conan Doyle had a copy for his children and he has a good opinion of the story and words."
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialIn the 1901 edition, Mrs Rabbit grows rabbit tobacco in her garden — "which is what we call lavender." Then: "Did you ever happen to see a little old buck-rabbit enjoying a pipe of rabbit-tobacco?" There is an illustration.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialIn the 1901 edition there is an illustration of a cabbage in Mr McGregor's garden — and a passage of text: "There surely never was such a garden for cabbages!
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialThere is a dedication in the 1901 edition. There is none in the 1902.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialEvery publisher wanted a bigger, more expensive book. Beatrix Potter wanted the opposite.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialShe drew forty-two illustrations for the private edition, all in pen and ink. Forty-one made it into the book.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialIn 1900 Beatrix Potter sent her manuscript to at least six publishers. Every single one said no.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.social@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialThe 1902 Warne edition — the first to appear in colour.
@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.socialThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter. Complete.
@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.social"When the storm is over and the sun is shining again, then they will all come out of doors and play." — Beatrix Potter
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialTwenty-three of Beatrix Potter's tales, with audio narration. Free.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialMrs Tiggy was a real hedgehog, and Beatrix Potter's model for Mrs Tiggy-Winkle.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.social"I have had a perfectly happy life." — Beatrix Potter
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter. Complete.
@beatrixsanctuary.bsky.socialBeatrix Potter illustrated every page of every tale herself. No studio. No delegation. Every brush mark, hers.