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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\nBeatrix Potter made many imaginary drawings in the 1890s, before she published her books. Some were reproduced for publication, either as greetings card or within publications such as children’s annuals. Although this drawing of a cat drinking from a cup and saucer was not apparently published, it is thought to be one of the drawings that Potter mentioned in a letter to Warne of 17 June 1926 as having been offered to the publishers Ernest Nister many years before. She wrote: ‘There was a drawing of an animal drinking tea; in one version it was a rabbit and in another it was a kitten. 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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":"Drawing of a cat drinking from a cat and saucer by Beatrix Potter, drawn in the 1890s and offered for publication to the firm of Ernest Nister; Linder Bequest ca. no. 1027","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.116; no.1027","free":"Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. 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