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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 delighted in sketching the interiors and furniture of the many houses she visited. This and a closely related study (museum no. BP.1129(iii)) were made as preparatory studies for her book The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle (Frederick Warne, 1905), and are likely inspired by a real Lake District interior. In the book this setting becomes Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s kitchen; Mrs Tiggy-winkle’s home is in the Newlands Valley, not far from Keswick.\r\n\r\nAfter purchasing her first Lake District property, Hill Top, in 1905, Potter took a keen interest in furnishing the house with family furniture from London and oak furniture purchased at local sales. The interior of Hill Top inspired some of her book illustrations, particularly those for The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (Frederick Warne, 1908). Potter’s interest in furniture continued long after her retirement from writing and illustrating children’s books, when she dedicated much time to buying and restoring Lakeland farmhouses and furniture, leaving fourteen farms and twenty houses to the National Trust upon her death in 1943.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Interior showing a dresser and beamed ceiling with washing.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Potter, Beatrix","id":"A18000"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"paper (fiber product)","id":"AAT14109"},{"text":"watercolour (paint)","id":"AAT15045"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"}],"techniques":[{"text":"watercolour painting (technique)","id":"THES250889"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ink, pencil and watercolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"},{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"},{"text":"Watercolours","id":"THES277714"},{"text":"Woman Artist","id":"THES387590"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Food vessels & Tableware","id":"THES48952"},{"text":"Tableware & cutlery","id":"THES48888"}],"styles":[{"text":"British","id":"AAT111159"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2024NY3785","2017JV1231"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"MB2A","shelf":"DR81","box":"LOANS"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watercolour (painting)","id":"AAT78925"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1905","earliest":"1900-01-01","latest":"1909-12-31"},"association":{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"},"note":"probably"}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number]","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"190","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"225","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"sheet","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Drawn by Beatrix Potter, about 1905. 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":"Ink, pencil and watercolour study for Mrs Tiggy-winkle's kitchen by Beatrix Potter, ca. 1905; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.875.","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.95; no. 875","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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