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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 loved to sketch the landscape and natural world around her. She was less keen of, and adept at, sketching people. It is likely that these figures (and animals) are copies from the work of other illustrators, drawn at an early stage in her career. There are some clues as to the original sources of the illustrations such as the inscription 'C Keene', likely to refer to Charles Keene (1823-1891) a famous contributor of illustrations to <i>Punch</i> magazine. 'Corbould' is also inscribed, probably indicating Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920) a contributor to <i>The Graphic</i> magazine. The illustration of the man in a hunter's jacket riding a horse is also likely to be inspired by Randolf Caldecott's (1846-1886) <i>The Three Jovial Huntsmen</i> (1880). 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