In 1992, Potter's children's book The Tale of Benjamin Bunny was featured in the film Lorenzo's Oil. [106] The Tailor of Gloucester - a tailor sends his cat Simpkin away to buy a twist of silk, to complete the mayor’s Christmas wedding waistcoat.While the cat’s away, the tailor frees the mice he has hidden under teacups. When the tailor falls ill, the mice complete the waistcoat out of gratitude for their freedom.

a b Eccleshare, Julia (22 April 2002). "Peter Rabbit Turns 100". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 11 May 2023. In one of her diary entries whilst travelling through Wales, Potter complained about the Welsh language. She wrote " Machynlleth, wretched town, hardly a person could speak English", continuing "Welsh seem a pleasant intelligent race, but I should think awkward to live with... the language is past description." [75] [76] Lake District conservation [ edit ] Lake District in North West England

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Delaney, Frank (23 July 2014). "The Tale of Beatrix Potter". The Public Domain Review. 4 (15) . Retrieved 23 July 2014. This year (2014), the works of one of the most successful and universal writers of all time came into the public domain in many countries around the world. McCrum, Robert (7 January 2007). "Review: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019 . Retrieved 24 February 2019. In 2017, The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations by Emily Zach was published after San Francisco publisher Chronicle Books decided to mark the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth by showing that she was "far more than a 19th-century weekend painter. She was an artist of astonishing range." [95] Lear 2007, p. 142; Lane, 1978, The Magic Years of Potter Potter. Lane depicts Potter's childhood as much more restricted than either or Potter's two later biographers. Taylor, Beatrix Potter: Artist Story Teller, Ch 1.; Lear, 2007, pp. 25–48; Beatrix Potter, The Journal of Beatrix Potter: From 1881–1897. The Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris had been family favourites, and she later studied his Uncle Remus stories and illustrated them. [48] She studied book illustration from a young age and developed her own tastes, but the work of the picture book triumvirate Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott, the last an illustrator whose work was later collected by her father, was a great influence. [49] [50] When she started to illustrate, she chose first the traditional rhymes and stories, " Cinderella", " Sleeping Beauty", " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", " Puss-in-boots", and " Red Riding Hood". [51] However, most often her illustrations were fantasies featuring her own pets: mice, rabbits, kittens, and guinea pigs. [52]

Potter's work as a scientific illustrator and her work in mycology are discussed in Linda Lear's books Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature (2006) [101] and Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius (2008). [102] [103] Adaptations [ edit ] Potter's artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairy tales and fantasy. She was a student of the classic fairy tales of Western Europe. As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop's Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, [44] the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, [45] and the romances of Sir Walter Scott. [46] As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense, including the much loved The Owl and the Pussycat, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland had made their impression, although she later said of Alice that she was more interested in Tenniel's illustrations than what they were about. [47]Her works provide significant scope for a collector: from privately printed volumes to commercial trade editions, from inscribed copies to translations, from greetings cards to merchandise, from regular issues to deluxe bindings and, also, examples of her original artwork. V&A · Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature - Exhibition at South Kensington". Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 11 May 2022. V&A · Beatrix Potter's first sketchbook, aged 8". Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 11 May 2022. Jay, Eileen, Mary Noble & Anne Stevenson Hobbs (1992). A Victorian Naturalist: Beatrix Potter's Drawings from the Armitt Collection. F. Warne & Co. ISBN 978-0-7232-3990-1. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

Taylor, Judy. "Potter, (Helen) Beatrix (1866–1943)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2007. Taylor, et al., (2009) The Artist and Her World. Considers Potter's career and life in chapters arranged thematically; The Pitkin Guide to Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter’s tales have featured prominently in many people’s childhoods over the years, and a new audience is just finding them, inspired by the recent live-action Hollywood films. The characters have also been heavily merchandised, with products ranging from stuffed toys to puzzles, and even currency! This comprehensive gift set provides a perfect opportunity to share the original classic tales with a new generation of readers, in the format they were intended to be enjoyed in. Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Potter's study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published the highly successful children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Following this, Potter began writing and illustrating children's books full-time. a b "Beatrix Potter story Kitty-in-Boots discovered after 100 years". BBC News. BBC. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016 . Retrieved 26 January 2016.

In her teenage years, Potter was a regular visitor to the art galleries of London, particularly enjoying the summer and winter exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London. [53] Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father's friend, the artist Sir John Everett Millais, who recognised Potter's talent of observation. Although Potter was aware of art and artistic trends, her drawing and her prose style were uniquely her own. [54] Potter illustration, "Toad's Tea Party", c. 1905, which appears in her Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, 1917 Beatrix Potter's parents did not discourage higher education. As was common in the Victorian era, women of her class were privately educated and rarely went to university. [33] Judy Taylor 2002, That Naughty Rabbit: Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit; Lear 2007, pp. 207–247; Anne Stevenson Hobbs, ed. 1989, Beatrix Potter's Art: Paintings and Drawings. Potter and William Heelis enjoyed a happy marriage of thirty years, continuing their farming and preservation efforts throughout the hard days of World War II. Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William's large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate, and giving comfort and aid to her husband's brothers and sisters. [83]

Potter, Beatrix (1982). Jane Crowell Morse (ed.). Beatrix Potter's Americans: Selected Letters. The Horn Book, Inc. ISBN 978-0-87675-282-1. Brian G. Gardiner, "Beatrix Potter's fossils and her interest in Geology," The Linnean: Newsletter and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 16/1 (January 2000), pp. 31–47 McDowell, Marta (2013). Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the classic children's tales. Timber Press. p.116. ISBN 978-1604693638. Lear 2007, pp. 405–440; Taylor, ed., Beatrix Potter's Letters; Taylor, et al., The Artist and Her World.

The Tale of Pigling Bland - this story of a pig finding a soulmate reflects Beatrix Potter’s own life changes at the time. When Aunt Pettitoes sends her children away, Pigling Bland gets lost on his way to market. He is taken in by a farmer, and discovers that he intends to turn Pigling and the beautiful sow Pig-wig into bacon! Will they make their escape? Roald & Beatrix is a slow-burning, yet heart-warming Christmas tonic for fans of all ages, 24 December 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020 . Retrieved 26 December 2020. The World of Peter Rabbit The Complete Collection includes 23 classic children’s books, to encourage reading for all ages. Whether you’re looking for kids’ books for bedtime stories, or want to encourage independent reading, look no further than this set! The set contains: Potter, Beatrix (1977). Margaret Crawford Maloney (ed.). Dear Ivy, Dear June: Letters from Beatrix Potter. Toronto Public Library. ISBN 978-0-8037-2050-3.