Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

“What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?” Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866 and grew up living the conventionally sheltered life of a Victorian girl in a well-to-do household. She was educated at home by a governess with her brother Bertram.  Her constant companions were the pet animal she kept which she enjoyed studying and sketching.  On summer holidays she delighted in exploring the countryside and learning about plants and animals from her own observations. Beatrix Potter devoted most of her energy to the study of natural history – archaeology, geology, entomology and, especially, mycology. Fungi appealed to Potter’s imagination, both for their evanescent habits and for their coloration. Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Potter not only produced beautiful watercolours, but also became an adept scientific illustrator. By 1896 Beatrix Potter had developed her own theory of how fungi spores reproduced and wrote a paper, ‘On the Germination of the Spores of Agaricineae‘. This was presented to a meeting of the Linnean Society on 1 April 1897 by one of the mycologists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, since women could not attend Society meetings. Her paper has since been lost. Beatrix Potter’s career as a children’s illustrator and storyteller began when The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published by Frederick Warne and Co. in 1902.  The public loved it as soon as it appeared and Beatrix went on to produce on average two books a year until 1910.   

In the early years of publishing her editor was Norman Warne and they fell in love and became engaged in 1905.  Unfortunately the marriage never took place as Norman died suddenly. The money Beatrix Potter earned from her ‘little books’, as she called them, gave her financial independence and she began to purchase property in her beloved Lake District.  In 1913 she married William Heelis, a Lakeland solicitor, and made Hill Top farm in the village of Sawrey her permanent home.  Writing and painting began to take second place to farming, sheep-breeding and buying stretches of the beautiful Lakeland countryside to ensure their conservation. When she died in 1943 Beatrix Potter bequeathed fifteen farms and over 4,000 acres to the National Trust – a gift which protected and conserved the unique Lake District countryside. Her books, her art, her Herdwick sheep and her indomitable spirit are all part of her enormous legacy.

We hope you enjoy viewing our collection of Beatrix Potter Collector's Edition prints.

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  1. Then he ate some radishes
    Then he ate some radishes
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  2. Bread and milk and blackberries
    Bread and milk and blackberries
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  3. Whom should we meet, but Mr McGregor
    Whom should we meet, but Mr McGregor
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  4. Little bunnies went down the lane
    Little bunnies went down the lane
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  5. He found a door in a wall
    He found a door in a wall
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  6. Don't get into mischief
    Don't get into mischief
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  7. Squeezed under the gate
    Squeezed under the gate
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  8. Mrs Rabbit took her basket
    Mrs Rabbit took her basket
    Official Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  9. The wood was full of rabbit holes
    The wood was full of rabbit holes
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  10. Cotton-tail & Peter folded up the pocket-handkerchief
    Cotton-tail & Peter folded up the pocket-handkerchief
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  11. ...they should fill the pocket-handkerchief
    ...they should fill the pocket-handkerchief
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  12. One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank
    One morning a little rabbit sat on a bank
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  13. Little Benjamin took one look...
    Little Benjamin took one look...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  14. Presently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go...
    Presently Peter let the pocket-handkerchief go...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  15. Mrs. Rabbit's voice was heard...
    Mrs. Rabbit's voice was heard...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  16. Little Benjamin said that it was not possible...
    Little Benjamin said that it was not possible...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  17. Peter did not eat anything...
    Peter did not eat anything...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  18. They got amongst flower-pots...
    They got amongst flower-pots...
    Official Benjamin Bunny 120th Anniversary Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £85.00
  19. Hunca Munca has got the cradle
    Hunca Munca has got the cradle
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  20. Jemima was surprised to find a quantity of feathers
    Jemima was surprised to find a quantity of feathers
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  21. Mrs Tittlemouse
    Mrs Tittlemouse
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  22. Tom Kitten was very fat, and had grown
    Tom Kitten was very fat, and had grown
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  23. Peter, who has got your clothes?
    Peter, who has got your clothes?
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  24. The first thing was to get Peter's clothes
    The first thing was to get Peter's clothes
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  25. Mr Brown paid no attention to Squirrel Nutkin
    Mr Brown paid no attention to Squirrel Nutkin
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  26. I prefer to live in the country
    I prefer to live in the country
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  27. That's Westmorland said Pig-Wig
    That's Westmorland said Pig-Wig
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
  28. The little mice came out again
    The little mice came out again
    Official Collector's Edition Print
    Beatrix Potter
    £79.00
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Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866 and grew up living the conventionally sheltered life of a Victorian girl in a well-to-do household. She was educated at home by a governess with her brother Bertram.  Her constant companions were the pet animal she kept which she enjoyed studying and sketching.  On summer holidays she delighted in exploring the countryside and learning about plants and animals from her own observations. Beatrix Potter devoted most of her energy to the study of natural history – archaeology, geology, entomology and, especially, mycology. Fungi appealed to Potter’s imagination, both for their evanescent habits and for their coloration. Encouraged by Charles McIntosh, a revered Scottish naturalist, to make her fungi drawings more technically accurate, Potter not only produced beautiful watercolours, but also became an adept scientific illustrator. By 1896 Beatrix Potter had developed her own theory of how fungi spores reproduced and wrote a paper, ‘On the Germination of the Spores of Agaricineae‘. This was presented to a meeting of the Linnean Society on 1 April 1897 by one of the mycologists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, since women could not attend Society meetings. Her paper has since been lost. Beatrix Potter’s career as a children’s illustrator and storyteller began when The Tale of Peter Rabbit was published by Frederick Warne and Co. in 1902.  The public loved it as soon as it appeared and Beatrix went on to produce on average two books a year until 1910.   

In the early years of publishing her editor was Norman Warne and they fell in love and became engaged in 1905.  Unfortunately the marriage never took place as Norman died suddenly. The money Beatrix Potter earned from her ‘little books’, as she called them, gave her financial independence and she began to purchase property in her beloved Lake District.  In 1913 she married William Heelis, a Lakeland solicitor, and made Hill Top farm in the village of Sawrey her permanent home.  Writing and painting began to take second place to farming, sheep-breeding and buying stretches of the beautiful Lakeland countryside to ensure their conservation. When she died in 1943 Beatrix Potter bequeathed fifteen farms and over 4,000 acres to the National Trust – a gift which protected and conserved the unique Lake District countryside. Her books, her art, her Herdwick sheep and her indomitable spirit are all part of her enormous legacy.

We hope you enjoy viewing our collection of Beatrix Potter Collector's Edition prints.