"Precise, expressive watercolor illustrations by [ Potter] were the trademark of her books, which have now sold hundreds of millions of copies. Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature includes nearly 200 artworks, books, photographs and other objets, from Potter's childhood sketches, already demonstrating a keen eye and a steady hang, to a letter written the week before she died." WALL STREET JOURNAL
"The accompanying catalog for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London collects the Peter Rabbit authors drawings, photos and letters." NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"A new book and an exhibition on Potter, who wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit, use letters, sketches, and a coded journal to capture an author who delighted in the detail and humor of the natural world." THE NEW YORKER
"...a gorgeously illustrated monograph...features 200 artworks, manuscripts, photographs, and other artifacts, including little-known scientific drawings." ARTNET.COM
"In Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature, a gorgeous new book packed with examples of Potters sketches and watercolors, author Annemarie Bilclough and other contributors underscore the love of nature that informed Potters work." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"[ A] fascinating and handsome book..." VERMONT COUNTRY SAMPLER
