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Little of her work uses the backdrop of her London home and it is one of the only locations associated with Potter that no longer exists today. The house was destroyed during the Blitz. \n\nA simple use of a dark wash creates a hauntingly beautiful image Potter's view from the house of her formative years. The darker palette is one not so commonly associated with Potter.\n\nBeatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three original Peter Rabbit books between 1901 and 1913. <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</i> (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.  ","physicalDescription":"Mainly purple/blue wash depicting a row of buildings, some with yellow light spilling out from the windows. Two thirds of the portrait format picture is sky with some clouds. Bare, thin trees are present in the foreground painted in purple, one takes a central position in the composition. 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