Window.FB.Event.subscribe('xfbml.render', function() (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')) The Tale of Two Bad Mice - one of a selection of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved tales brought to life for a young audience by an all-star cast: Jim Broadbent, Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson and. She died on December 22, 1943, in Sawrey, Lancashire at the age of 77 from pneumonia and heart problems, giving practically all of her land to the National Trust. She lost most of her clarity of sight as she aged and her final few pieces, penned for publishing in the United States, could not equal her earlier work in style or skill. She married her attorney, William Heelis, in 1913, and dedicated the next 30 years of her life to expanding her farm and raising Herdwick sheep.
Despite the strong familial opposition, she married Norman Warne, the son of her publisher, in 1905, and then after his untimely death a few months later, she spent most of her time alone at Hill Top, a modest farm in the Lake District village of Sawrey. Throughout her summer excursions with her family, Potter also investigated fungi and drew extensive sketches of them in 1897, she presented a report on fungal growth to the Linnean Society. Frederick Warne & Company released it commercially with tremendous success and over the next 20 years, wrote 22 other novels, starting with “The Tailor of Gloucester,” “The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,” and “The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.” The little booklets, designed for even the youngest readers, combined deceptively simple prose with dry Hill Country wit and artwork. Beatrix Potter Mouse (1,000+ relevant results) Beswick England Beatrix Potter Johnny Town-Mouse BullChina (59) CA36.87 Vintage VHS The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck - By Beatrix Potter - Childrens Story VHS - Vintage Peter Rabbit Nostalgia CPJCollectibles (2,566) CA33.57 CA39. She chose to discreetly publish “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” after the drawn letter was so favorably received. This figurine depicts Lady Mouse, a vision of elegance in her elaborate gown and head bonnet, based on illustrations for The Tailor of Gloucester. At the age of 27, she sent out a drawn animal narrative featuring four rabbits named Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter to a sick kid of a previous nanny on one of her trips to Scotland. She was the daughter of cotton heirs and her childhood was enriched by extended vacations in Scotland or the English Lake District, which inspired her love for animals and developed her vivid watercolor paintings.
Beatrix Potter, full name Helen Beatrix Potter, was born on July 28, 1866, in South Kensington, England.