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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.  \r\n\r\nBeatrix Potter enjoyed sketching the British landscape in all seasons, capturing the different locations in England, Scotland and Wales that she visited with her parents prior to her marriage in 1913. This sheet sees her make a study of a stream surrounded by lush vegetation using a vivid palette. The note she has added to the sketch, ‘too dark’, reveals something of her artistic process. 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