Research Catalog

Title

Beatrix Potter: artist, storyteller and countrywoman [videorecording] / Weston Woods Studios ; produced by Cari Best, Paul Gagne, and Judy Taylor.

Publication

Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Best, Cari.
• Gagne, Paul R., 1956-
• Taylor, Judy, 1932-
• Weston Woods Studios.

Description

1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Artwork and archival photographs complement this biographical portrait of beloved children's author/illustrator Beatrix Potter. Born in London in 1866, Beatrix, a sickly child, exhibited a precocious talent for painting and drawing the natural world which she closely observed with her brother Bertram on family trips to Scotland and the Lake District. These early artworks together with writings from a journal written in code between 1881 and 1897 and picture letters sent to the children of her former nanny Annie Moore were the beginnings of what were to become Potter's renowned children's books. Beatrix Potter's career as a writer began in 1902 with the publication of The tale of Peter Rabbit and continued with such well-loved stories as The tailor of Gloucester, The tale of Benjamin Bunny, The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and many others. In 1912, against the wishes of her elderly parents, Potter married solicitor William Heelis and for the next thirty years, was an active member of the Lake District's sheep farming community. Beatrix Potter died on December 22, 1943, leaving a rich literary legacy and 4,000 acres to the National Trust of Great Britain.

Subjects

• Illustrators
• Women authors
• Literature
• Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
• Authors, English
• Illustrated children's books
• Children's literature > Technique

Note

• Based on the book, Beatrix Potter: artist, storyteller and countrywoman by Judy Taylor.

Credits (note)

• Producers, directors, Cari Best, Paul gagne, Judy Taylor; writer, Judy Taylor; director of photography, Peter Friedman; music, Ernest V. Troost.

Title

Beatrix Potter: artist, storyteller and countrywoman [videorecording] / Weston Woods Studios ; produced by Cari Best, Paul Gagne, and Judy Taylor.

Imprint

Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1993.

Credits

Producers, directors, Cari Best, Paul gagne, Judy Taylor; writer, Judy Taylor; director of photography, Peter Friedman; music, Ernest V. Troost.

Performer

Lynn Redgrave.

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Added Author

Best, Cari.

Gagne, Paul R., 1956-

Taylor, Judy, 1932-

Weston Woods Studios.

Branch Call Number

J VTH 2749 B