BIB_ID
299663
Accession number
MA 2009.10
Creator
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
Display Date
1897 Mar. 4.
Credit line
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell, 1959.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ill. ; 15.1 cm
Notes
High reserve.
Part of a collection of 12 letters from Beatrix Potter to Noel and Marjorie Moore. Letters have been described individually in 12 records (MA 2009.1-12); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Bolton Gardens / S.W."
Part of a collection of 12 letters from Beatrix Potter to Noel and Marjorie Moore. Letters have been described individually in 12 records (MA 2009.1-12); see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Bolton Gardens / S.W."
Provenance
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell in 1959.
Summary
Giving "another picture of the owl and the pussy cat, after they were married." Acknowledging that "it is funny to see a bird with hands, but how could he play the guitar without them!" Describing a windstorm that blew over her rabbit's hutch. Illustrated with a 2 p. sketch of the owl and pussy cat fishing and in their boat, and with sketches of the windstorm and blown-over rabbit hutch.
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