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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\r\nIn 1890 Beatrix Potter and her brother, Bertram, hoped to buy a printing machine. Bertram suggested that Beatrix sell her imaginary drawings to raise funds. The printer Hildesheimer & Faulkner purchased six designs from Beatrix and printed them as Christmas and New Year cards. This is a study for a design submitted to Hildesheimer & Faulkner. In this design, a gentleman rabbit passes a lady rabbit on the street, holding mistletoe. The humour and accurate depictions of animal anatomy seen in Potter’s greetings card designs anticipate her book illustrations. The design is mounted alongside the more finished watercolour version. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Pen and ink design showing a lady rabbit and a gentleman rabbit passing in the street, the lady rabbit holding a fur muff and umbrella and the gentleman rabbit holding mistletoe. Mounted with a more finished version of the same design (accession number BP.443(a), Linder Bequest cat. no. 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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.   \r\n\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pen and ink drawing of a lady rabbit and gentleman rabbit passing on the street, a design for a Christmas card made by Beatrix Potter in 1890; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1770.","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.191; no.1770","free":"Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. 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