Greetings Card
ca. 1890 (published)
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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.
In 1890 Beatrix Potter and her brother, Bertram, hoped to buy a printing machine. Bertram suggested that Beatrix sell her imaginary drawings to raise funds. The printer Hildesheimer & Faulkner purchased six designs from Beatrix and printed them as Christmas and New Year cards, as seen here. Her publishers also repackaged some of her card designs into a little Christmas booklet, A Happy Pair. Original designs by Beatrix Potter relating to this greetings card are also in the collection.
In 1890 Beatrix Potter and her brother, Bertram, hoped to buy a printing machine. Bertram suggested that Beatrix sell her imaginary drawings to raise funds. The printer Hildesheimer & Faulkner purchased six designs from Beatrix and printed them as Christmas and New Year cards, as seen here. Her publishers also repackaged some of her card designs into a little Christmas booklet, A Happy Pair. Original designs by Beatrix Potter relating to this greetings card are also in the collection.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph on card, gilt edged |
| Brief description | Greetings card, postman rabbit, designed by Beatrix Potter and published by Hildesheimer and Faulkner, ca. 1890; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1791. |
| Physical description | A greetings card with gilt edges, printed in colour; the design shows a postman rabbit dressed in blue carrying a sack of post, with his back to viewer. A single piece of card with no fold. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | A happy Christmas to you (printed greeting) |
| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family. |
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| Summary | Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale. In 1890 Beatrix Potter and her brother, Bertram, hoped to buy a printing machine. Bertram suggested that Beatrix sell her imaginary drawings to raise funds. The printer Hildesheimer & Faulkner purchased six designs from Beatrix and printed them as Christmas and New Year cards, as seen here. Her publishers also repackaged some of her card designs into a little Christmas booklet, A Happy Pair. Original designs by Beatrix Potter relating to this greetings card are also in the collection. |
| Associated object | BP.569(A) (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection: the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material: watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. |
| Other number | LB.1791 - Linder Bequest catalogue no. |
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| Library number | BP.569(B) |
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| Record created | April 9, 2019 |
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