![]() ![]() Her little books never lost their popularity however and today they sell in their millions, translated into numerous languages, and the pleasures of those timeless tales continue to be enjoyed by children all over the world. For the last thirty years of her life, writing and illustrating gave place to a second career as a sheep farmer and countryside conservationist. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. As she became financially independent, she was able to buy some land in the Lake District and in 1913, on her marriage to solicitor William Heelis, she moved to live there permanently. BEATRIX POTTER Ultimate Collection-23 Childrens Books With Complete Original Illustrations. In the years before the First World War, demand for her work was so great that she was publishing an average of two new stories a year. She started her career as children's author and illustrator in 1901 when she was thirty-five. 1970 England Beswick BEATRIX POTTERS Aunt Pettitoes Porcelain Figurine. She acquired her love and knowledge of the countryside during family holidays, at first in Scotland and then in the Lake District. Collection of Aunt Jemima collectables on eBay (64) Photographs found on eBay. ![]() During her rather lonely childhood and later, as a young woman, she studied art and natural history. Beatrix has created some of the best-loved characters in children's literature.īeatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. ![]()
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