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"He hopped so fast that Ribby had to run. It was most conspicuous. All the village could see that Ribby was fetching the doctor."
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Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
"He hopped so fast that Ribby had to run. It was most conspicuous. All the village could see that Ribby was fetching the doctor."
numbered '45' (lower left)
The scene, from The Pie and the Patty-Pan, shows Tabitha Twitchit in the doorway of her shop with Ribby and Dr Maggotty, the magpie, beyond. Mrs Twichit's shop derives from a 17th century cottage in Hawksmead, Cumbria which was once the office of Potter's husband, William Heelis, and which is now the Beatrix Potter Gallery, managed by the National Trust.
pen and black ink on paper
4 ½ x 7 in. (11.5 x 17.7 cm.)
"He hopped so fast that Ribby had to run. It was most conspicuous. All the village could see that Ribby was fetching the doctor."
numbered '45' (lower left)
The scene, from The Pie and the Patty-Pan, shows Tabitha Twitchit in the doorway of her shop with Ribby and Dr Maggotty, the magpie, beyond. Mrs Twichit's shop derives from a 17th century cottage in Hawksmead, Cumbria which was once the office of Potter's husband, William Heelis, and which is now the Beatrix Potter Gallery, managed by the National Trust.
pen and black ink on paper
4 ½ x 7 in. (11.5 x 17.7 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 12 January 1994, lot 146.
with Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles.
with Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles.
Literature
H. B. Potter, The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1905, p. 45, illustrated.
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