"The Mice at Work: Threading the Needle," The Tailor of Gloucester artwork, 1902; watercolour, ink and gouache on paper. © Tate / Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature at ...

""Peter Rabbit lives with his mother and sisters under the root of a big fir-tree. Peter wears a blue coat with brass buttons for going out. Naughty Peter likes to eat lettuces and radishes from Mr.

Spread from The Art of Beatrix Potter (2016), published by Chronicle Books (all illustrations © Frederick Warne & Co.) I grew up on a steady diet of Beatrix Potter ...

Mrs. Rabbit pours out tea for Peter as his sisters look on in an illustration by Beatrix Potter. (Ellie Atkins/Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.) Review by Philip Kennicott NEW YORK — As a boy, I never had ...