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| Beatrix Potter as a teenager with Xarifer, her pet mouse. |
What would it have been like to be Beatrix Potter? What would it feel like, to see the world through her eyes? to "walk in her shoes"? To look at an animal and then pick up a pencil and have the ability to depict them as she did?
It is touching to know that it all started with letters to her niece and nephew, with added stories to accompany the pictures, in order to entertain and delight them as only she could. Knowing that she was able to achieve monetary success is satisfying, too.
Oh the detail and little touches that make every picture so sweet and endearing!
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds the world's largest collection of her drawings and manuscripts.
Here is the link.
