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BEATRIX POTTER.
A study of rabbits and hands. Pencil with
pen and brown ink on cut sheet of Gorse
Hall stationery. 152x102 mm; 6x4 inches.
Unsigned. Horizontal crease to lower
marginal area. Nd. Tipped to window
matte in two places along verso top edge.
Exhibited: Chris Beetles, Ltd,.The British
Art of Illustration 1880-1994.
[5,000/7,500]
A lovely little set of sketches by Potter. Two
seated rabbits drawn in brown ink and pencil
grace one side (with two indecipherable sketches
along bottom) while a series of 4 studies of
hands and a still life appear on the other. Gorse
Hall was the home of Potter’s grandparents and
where her mother, Helen Leech, was born.The
home was torn down in 1910.
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