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Beatrix Potter
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Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.
Born into a privileged Unitarian family, Potter, along with her younger brother, Walter Bertram (1872–1918), grew up with few friends outside her large, extended family. Her parents were artistic, interested in nature and enjoyed the countryside. As children, Beatrix and Bertram had numerous small animals as pets which they observed closely and drew endlessly. Summer holidays were spent away from London, in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age.
She was educated by private governesses until she was eighteen. Her study of languages, literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. Her artistic talents were recognized early. She enjoyed private art lessons, and developed her own style, favouring watercolour. Along with her drawings of her animals, real and imagined, she illustrated insects, fossils, archaeological artefacts, and fungi. In the 1890s her mycological illustrations and research on the reproduction of fungi spores generated interest from the scientific establishment. Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.
With the proceeds from the books and a legacy from an aunt, Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a tiny village in the English Lake District near Ambleside in 1905. Over the next several decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913, at the age of 47, she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation. She continued to write, illustrate and design spin-off merchandise based on her children’s books for Warne until the duties of land management and diminishing eyesight made it difficult to continue. Potter published over twenty-three books; the best known are those written between 1902 and 1922. She died on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust. She is credited with preserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park.
GUND® Peter Rabbit™ Plush signals a unique collaboration between two heritage brands, both loved around the world.
Founded in 1898, GUND® is America’s oldest soft toy company, producing some of the earliest licensed soft toys.
For thirty years Enesco has created ranges of Beatrix Potter-inspired gifts and collectables. This collection of plush soft toys, inspired by the characters from the iconic tales have been beautifully made by hand in GUND’s trademark style using soft, tactile plush and with careful attention to detail. The collection features Miss Potter’s most popular characters, familiar friends such as Jemima Puddle-Duck™, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle™ and, of course, Peter Rabbit™ himself. Some, maybe not quite so familiar characters are also part of the collection, Mr. Tod™, Tom Kitten™, Tommy Brock™, Hunca Munca™, for example.
We have been proud to establish a relationship with the world-famous Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. Especially designed Peter Rabbits are now in the range featuring a GOSH-patterned textile design. A donation is made to the charity with every purchase.
Recently we have seen the introduction of two cute and cuddly cushions to the plush collection. A plush Peter Rabbit purse, Flopsy and Peter pom poms are also available to add to the fun of this range.
Beatrix Potter™ © Frederick Warne & Co., 2019. Frederick Warne & Co. is the owner of all rights, copyrights and trademarks in the Beatrix Potter character names and illustrations. Licensed by Silvergate PPL Ltd. part of the Silvergate Media group of companies.Visit: www.peterrabbit.com
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