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She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913.  <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit</i> (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.\r\n\r\n<i>The Roly-Poly Pudding</i> (1908) was the second of Potter's books to be issued in a large format (the first large-format book, <i>The Pie and the Patty-Pan</i>, was published in 1905). The larger format allowed for more illustrations, in particular sepia line drawings as well as colour illustrations. Potter suggests movement and expression in just a few lines; blank spaces, too, are never redundant - like Randolph Caldecott, an artist she claimed to copy, she mastered the 'art of leaving out', regarding space and line as equal components in her illustrations.     \r\n\r\nPotter drew inspiration for her story of the two rats, Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria, from her Lake District farmhouse, Hill Top. A year after purchasing the house, she wrote to her friend, Millie Warne, 'The rats have come back in great force; two big ones were trapped in the shed here, besides turning out a nest of eight baby rats in the cucumber frame opposite the door' (4 October 1906). Whilst renovating the house Potter decided to keep the fireplace, 'wanted for the next book'. Hill Top became the setting for the story and can still be identified in her book illustrations today.\r\n\r\nPotter presented her finished manuscript of <i>The Roly-Poly Pudding</i> to Winifred Warne (the daughter of her publisher, Fruing Warne) for Christmas in 1906.  The book was finally published in 1908, with a title page similar to this design, and dedicated to Potter's pet white rat, Sammy.  In 1926 the book was re-issued in the small format to complement the other books in the series.","physicalDescription":"Rough pencil design on paper of the title page of <u>The Roly-Poly Pudding</u>, incorporating the title, author, place of publication and publisher.  With rough pencil sketches of a line of rabbits, Samuel Whiskers sitting on a rolling pin, two sketches of Tom Kitten in the chimney and a sketch of Tom Kitten rolled in the pudding pastry.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Potter, Beatrix","id":"A18000"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pencil","id":"x30347"},{"text":"paper (fiber product)","id":"AAT14109"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawing (image-making)","id":"AAT54196"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil on paper","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Books","id":"THES48986"},{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"},{"text":"Illustration","id":"THES48938"},{"text":"Anthropomorphism","id":"THES252998"},{"text":"Animals and Wildlife","id":"THES250852"},{"text":"Woman Artist","id":"THES387590"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2014HA2621"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES317987"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"design drawings","id":"AAT69413"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1908","earliest":"1908-01-01","latest":"1908-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Linder Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"275","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Whole object","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"208","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Whole object","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'13' (in circle)","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Pencil mark on recto (top right)"},{"content":"'2'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Pencil mark on recto (top right).  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The published version is very similar in conception."],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Potter was masterful at creating balance using asymmetric elements. The rough swirling lines in this pattern became Art-Nouveau-style flourishes in a handsome blue when The Roly-Poly Pudding first appeared in large format. Despite the formality of the decoration, Potter does not compromise on the naturalism of the animals bracketing the title.","date":{"text":"March 2019","earliest":"2019-03-01","latest":"2019-03-31"}}],"partNumbers":["LC.26/B/1"],"accessionNumberNum":"26","accessionNumberPrefix":"LC","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Previous loan number","id":"THES50326"},"number":"LOAN:LINDER TRUST.235-1994"},{"type":{"text":"Linder Collection catalogue no.","id":"THES53323"},"number":"4.21"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-18","recordCreationDate":"2008-06-12","availableToBook":false}}