Cotsen wasn’t able to acquire any examples while building the Potter collection. These miniature manuscripts do not come on the market very often and Mr. Those two picture letters of Jeremy Fisher are among the greatest treasures of Cotsen’s Beatrix Potter collection.īetween nineteen naughts and the early 1920s, Miss Potter wrote teeny-tiny unillustrated letters from her characters in the little books to her young fans. Jeremy Fisher and Molly Gaddum was sent another one. ne of Noel’s little brother Eric was the recipient of a draft of The Tale of Mr. Miss Potter sent him a version of what became The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Noel Moore, the eldest son of her friend and last governess Annie Carter Moore, was especially lucky. Over the years Beatrix Potter composed picture letters to children she knew. CUMBRIA, UK – MAY 30TH 2016: Beatrix Potters writing desk at Hill Top – a 17th Century House once home to childrens author Beatrix Potter, taken on 30th May 2016.
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