Research Catalog

Title

Beatrix Potter : artist & illustrator / paintings and drawings selected and introduced by Anne Stevenson Hobbs.

Author

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

Publication

London ; New York : Frederick Warne, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hobbs, Anne Stevenson.
• Dulwich Picture Gallery

Description

192 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.); 28 cm.

Summary

This is a fully-illustrated collection of about 200 paintings by Beatrix Potter, which will accompany a major exhibition of Beatrix Potter's work at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in autumn 2005. The selection, introduction and notes are by Anne Hobbs, former curator of the Beatrix Potter collection at the V&A. The book will act as the official catalogue for the Dulwich Exhibition, but will also stand alone as an exciting and innovative presentation of the works of an enduringly popular English illustrator.

Subject

• Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 > Exhibitions
• Illustration of books > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Published to accompany the exhibition held at Dulwich Picture Gallery, 12 October 2005-22 January 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 186) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Timeline -- Portraits -- Nature history and artefacts: Fauna -- Flora -- Fungi -- Fossils -- Artefacts -- The young artist: Family background and early work -- First published work -- Fantasy and humour -- Illustrations -- Narrative sequences -- The books and their backgrounds: The little books -- The rhyme books -- Sawry books -- Book design -- Later life and work: Farming and domestic life -- The Fairy Caravan -- Building, landscapes and gardens -- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson -- Tributes -- The 'little side shows'.

ISBN

0723257000 (pbk.)

OCLC

60965025

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library