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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.  \n\nPotter's feelings for Norman Warne, the youngest of the three brothers at her publisher Frederick Warne &amp; Co., developed as they worked together on the first of her little books. In July 1905 they became engaged much to the dismay of her parents, who disapproved of the match as Warne was 'in trade'. The Potters travelled to Wales for their long summer break for the year. In the meantime Norman became very ill and died on 25 August of lymphatic leukaemia. Potter only received the telegram letting her know that Norman was dying on the morning of the 25th. In her holiday diary relating to the period in Wales, she writes of sketching on the evening of 24 August. 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Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.   ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Drawing of stooked wheat/barley field, watercolour and pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Merioneth, Wales, 1905, Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB.578","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. <u>Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia.</u> London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.","id":"AUTH315806"},"details":"p.61, cat. no.578","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Beatrix Potter, & Judy Taylor (ed.). <u>Beatrix Potter: a holiday diary: with a short history of the Warne family</u>. 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