Beatrix Potter : drawn to nature / edited by Annemarie Bilclough with contributions from Richard Fortey, Sara Glenn, Emma Laws, Liz Hunter MacFarlane, James Rebanks and Lucy Shaw.
Publisher:
Rizzoli Electa ;
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 25 cm
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by V & A Publishing."--Page opposite title page Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-210) and index. Published to accompany the exhibition Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from February 12, 2022 to January 8, 2023.
Contents:
Forewords / Tristram Hunt and Hilary McGrady -- Introduction / Annemarie Bilclough -- Town and country / 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 / Sara 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.
Summary:
Drawing on the V & A's collection of Beatrix Potter's artwork--the largest in the world--and little-seen material from international collections, this book explores her achievements as a naturalist, artist-storyteller and sheep farmer, and her legacy in preservation of the Lake District. Potter combined scientific observation with storytelling. Packed with characters such as Jemima Puddleduck and Squirrel Nutkin, alongside botanical drawings, picture letters to friends, Lake District watercolours, rarely seen photographs, and an essay by James Rebanks, this publication embeds Potter's characters in the context of her life, from the confines of middle-class London to the expanse of Lake District hill farming, identifying the people and places that inspired her.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.