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Rupert took up photography in the 1860s when it was still a relatively new art form and was elected to the Photographic Society of London in 1869. An enthusiastic and skilled amateur, he later contributed to photographic exhibitions.  Rupert's favourite subject was Beatrix herself.  Photography was an expensive and laborious process yet she appears to have endured patiently the elaborate choreography and the camera’s uncomfortably long exposure. Rupert's prolific legacy of several hundred photographs forms a broad pictorial account of Beatrix’s life from infancy to marriage.\r\n\r\nDuring the summer months the Potter family enjoyed extended summer holidays in Scotland and the Lake District.  This photograph of Rupert, Beatrix and her brother, Bertram Potter (1872-1918), with their dog, Spot, was taken in 1889 while the family were renting Holehird House, an estate with entensive gardens near Windermere.  The estate is now home to the Lakeland Horticultural Society.","physicalDescription":"Photograph of Beatrix, Rupert and Bertram seated in chairs on the terrace outside the main entrance to a house.  Beatrix sits on the left of the photograph with a dog at her feet. 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Part of the gift was subsequently given to the Photographs section of (what is now) the Word & Image Department (E.739-2005 - E.765-2005). The rest is catalogued on the museum's object database as AR.14:1-42-1983. \r\n\r\nA second gift from Joan Duke, the Duke Collection, was subsequently acquired by the Museum in 2006, accessioned as AAD/2006/4 but catalogued individually on the library and object databases.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), Rupert Potter (1832-1914) and Bertram Potter (1872-1918) with their dog, Spot, at Holehird, Windermere; albumen print by Rupert Potter (1832-1914), 10 August 1889.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Holehird House","id":"x43463"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Potter, Rupert (1832-1914)","id":"N5415"},{"text":"Potter, Bertram (1872-1918)","id":"N5414"},{"text":"Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943)","id":"N3618"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"portraits","id":"AAT15637"},{"text":"self-portraits","id":"AAT124534"},{"text":"dogs (animals)","id":"x34865"},{"text":"dwellings","id":"AAT5425"},{"text":"houses","id":"AAT5433"},{"text":"entrances","id":"AAT2776"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.752-2005"],"accessionNumberNum":"752","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2005,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-07-25","recordCreationDate":"2008-12-09","availableToBook":false}}