Got to love a restaurant that brings the bill in a children’s book - we had the pork belly. I wonder if they have a rabbit dish? #beatrixpotter#bookuse
Potter (1866-1943) was a fascinating woman who's finally getting some recognition. Known for years as a children's author and illustrator, she was also a scientist and conservationist. Although she wasn't recognized for it at the time (largely because of her sex), she was the first person to realize that fungi are germinated by spores, not by symbiosis, as was believed. As her fortune grew from her book sales, she became a leader in conserving the landscape of England's Lake District.
She was also a canny businesswoman, being the first to license a literary character (Peter Rabbit) to be a stuffed toy.
This image seems to have been an early Christmas card by Potter, before she published her works. She observed real animals closely to get as many details right as she could (aside from, y'know, her animals being very anthropomorphized).
#OnThisDay, October 2, in 1902, Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London (depicted in Miss Potter, 2006)
No hike today, but we did manage a stroll around the gorgeous Tarn Hows, a landscaped beauty spot formerly owned by Beatrix Potter before being part sold / part donated to the National Trust in 1930.
Potter wrote over 60 books, with the best known being her twenty-three children's tales. Potter left almost all the original illustrations for her books to the National Trust. The copyright to her stories and merchandise was then given to her publisher Frederick Warne & Co. via @wikipedia