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Following her 1892 visit to the town she said in her journal: ‘I looked with interest across the muddy estuary at Teignmouth where Fanny Burney wrote her sprightly journal in 1773…’ Potter also visited Teignmouth in 1909 and 1910. \r\n\r\nBeatrix Potter 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.  The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.  \r\n","physicalDescription":"A watercolour drawing of three rowing boats on a sandy beach, completed in watercolour over pencil on paper. 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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":"Watercolour and pencil study of rowing boats on a beach. Made by Beatrix Potter in Teignmouth. Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB.605.","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.64; no.605","free":"Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. 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