The resourceful Mr. Peacay of BibliOdyssey has collected a set of Beatrix Potter illustrations from archives at Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses. It’s an excellent set; shown is The Rabbits’ Christmas Party – The Arrival, the first of a series of six watercolour sketches from 1892.
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