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Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
"Peter looked poorly and was dressed in a red cotton pocket-handkerchief. 'Peter,' -- said little Benjamin, in a whisper -- 'who has got your clothes?'" and, "Peter replied -- 'The scare-crow in Mr. McGregor's garden,' and described how he had been chased and had dropped his shoes and coat"
with captions in another hand; pen and ink and watercolour heightened in white, on silk.
4¾ x 4¾in. (11½ x 11½cm.)
(2)
"Peter looked poorly and was dressed in a red cotton pocket-handkerchief. 'Peter,' -- said little Benjamin, in a whisper -- 'who has got your clothes?'" and, "Peter replied -- 'The scare-crow in Mr. McGregor's garden,' and described how he had been chased and had dropped his shoes and coat"
with captions in another hand; pen and ink and watercolour heightened in white, on silk.
4¾ x 4¾in. (11½ x 11½cm.)
(2)
Literature
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1904. Pages 20 and 23.