Generations of children have been captivated by the exploits of Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, Peter Rabbit and the host of other characters conjured up by Beatrix Potter.
Packed with original artwork, Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, looks at secrets to her success and celebrates her wider life and legacy - her passions and accomplishments - that stretch far beyond the pages of her storybooks.
Charting her life, from her childhood in South Kensington, London to her later years in the Lake District, Annemarie Bilclough and Emma Laws show how Potter's exceptional affinity with nature from an early age ensured the success of her stories - underneath the costumes were real, believable, animals. Sara Glenn highlights Potter's entrepreneurial talents whilst Lucy Shaw takes readers on a Victorian holiday. Contributions from Richard Fortey and James Rebanks reveal her work in the field of mycology and transformation into a farmer, and Liz Hunter MacFarlane discusses her profound impact on the preservation of the Lake District landscape. Naturalist, creative pioneer, storyteller, determined entrepreneur - Potter has been described as 'a many-sided genius' and Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature allows readers a tantalising glimpse into the life of this extraordinary woman.
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[ a]...soul-lifting testimony to her love of the outdoors...Alex o'Connell, The Times Luxx, 05.03.2022...beautifully illustrated...Jason Goodwin, Country Life, December 2021An engaging biography...Lavishly illustrated, readers are treated to archive drawings, watercolours, old photographs and picture letters...Will Smith, Cumbria life, Tuesday 1st February 2022.
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Published to accompany the V&A's exhibition Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature (UK 12 February - 25 September 2022).
Forewords, Tristram Hunt and Hilary McGrady -- Introduction, Annemarie
Bilclough -- Holiday Haunts, Lucy Shaw -- Under the Microscope, Annemarie
Bilclough -- Miss Potter, the Mycologist, Richard Fortey -- A Natural
Storyteller, Emma Laws -- Beatrix Potter, Entrepreneur, Sarah Glenn -- Living
Nature: Beatrix Potter in the Lake District, Liz Hunter Macfarlane -- Mrs
Heelis, Farmer, James Rebanks -- Drawn from Nature: Selected Potter
Protagonists, Annemarie Bilclough, Liz Hunter Macfarlane and Lucy Shaw --
Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements and credits -- Index
Annemarie Bilclough is the Frederick Warne Curator of Illustration at the V&A
