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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\nMany of Beatrix Potter’s imaginary drawings were made in the 1890s, before she published her books. These alphabet designs may have been made to amuse children that she knew: the ‘C’ is a comfy seat for a mouse, while a mouse peeps over the ‘Y’. There are other, related, alphabet designs in the collection; see, for example, V&A object number BP.440(b).  \r\n","physicalDescription":"Two pencil drawings of the letters C and Y: C has a mouse sitting in it and Y has a mouse peering over the top. 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