Beatrix Potter Christmas Drawing - Plenty of Buns

Three Rabbits Eating Plenty of Buns by Beatrix Potter

An entirely unknown drawing showing an inventive use of lettering on the jars, bag and label on the set of keys. The message reads:

 “A Merry Christmas and Plenty of Buns H.B.P.”

Beatrix Potter's full name was Helen Beatrix Potter. Since her mother's name was also Helen, she went by Beatrix.

Fine ink and watercolor drawing heightened with gouache signed lower right [within key label]. Size: 152x153mm
Sold at Sotheby's London July 2008 for 42,050 GBP

You will love my post about her other drawings -- The Rabbits' Christmas Party

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A Return to Loveliness

Enchanting

Beatrix Potter

I wonder sometimes if significant women of our past were contemporaries of ours today.

What would they find enchanting about our time. Would they make use of the technology

of today, or would they hold true to pen, quill, paintbrush and paper.

Once such woman I am contemplating this morning is one of my favorites,

Beatrix Potter.

She opened doors for women of her time simply by being enchanted by the wildlife and

flora and fauna of her surroundings.

A talented artist and writer, Beatrix enchanted children and adults in her time with her characters such as Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle Duck.

Her books are still the same size, detail and character as she stipulated many years back.

Inspired at her Hilltop Cottage in England, Beatrix lived a charming life exploring

and caring for the surrounding landscape

– so much so that she bought several

acres of farmland to preserve them and later donated them to the National Trust  for preservation.

With one simple phrase, “I will tell you a story” you are drawn

into a world of fantasy created by the verdant mind of Beatrix Potter.

“I do not remember a time when I did not try to invent pictures and make fairy tales—

Amongst the wild flowers, the animals, trees and mosses and fungi—all the thousand

Common objects of the countryside; that pleasant unchanging world of realism and romance.”

It was Beatrix’s close upbringing and her close observance of nature around her

that enabled her to see beyond the everyday things.

“It may just be that one sees (things) because one has an open mind, not in a groove”

The sweet story of Beatrix Potter’s life is gently told in a movie called

Miss Potter.

Enchanting in its portrayel of the artist and writer, one is drawn to the story of

her life, her loves, her struggles and ultimately her triumphs as a woman

of her time.

What would she be like if she lived in our world today? What would enchant her?

These are just a few things that I ponder as I enjoy the life and the writings of

Beatrix Potter.

Our dear friend Bernideen

At

Bernideen’s Tea Time Blog

Also shared a lovely post

Celebrating Beatrix Potter

You can find it

Here.

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Some images from the 1988 August issue of Victoria Magazine

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