Watling, Roy (January 2000). "Helen Beatrix Potter: Her interest in fungi" (PDF). The Linnean: Newsletter and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. pp.24–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Beatrix Potter's parents did not discourage higher education. As was common in the Victorian era, women of her class were privately educated and rarely went to university. [33] Potter's family on both sides were from the Manchester area. [7] They were English Unitarians, [8] associated with dissenting Protestant congregations, influential in 19th century England, that affirmed the oneness of God and that rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. Potter's paternal grandfather, Edmund Potter, from Glossop in Derbyshire, owned what was then the largest calico printing works in England, and later served as a Member of Parliament. [9] V&A · Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature - Exhibition at South Kensington". Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 11 May 2022.

Potter and William Heelis enjoyed a happy marriage of thirty years, continuing their farming and preservation efforts throughout the hard days of World War II. Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William's large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate, and giving comfort and aid to her husband's brothers and sisters. [83] The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle - one of the most popular of Beatrix Potter’s creations, Mrs Tiggy-winkle is a hedgehog laundress for other animals. She is discovered washing the handkerchiefs of a farmgirl called Lucie. But is she real, or just a dream?

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Rare books by Beatrix Potter, including first editions of the Peter Rabbit books, signed and finely bound copies, and original artwork. M.A. Taylor and R.H. Rodger, eds. (2003) A Fascinating Acquaintance: Charles McIntosh and Beatrix Potter; Taylor, et al. (1987) Artist and Her World, pp. 71–94; Lear 2007, pp. 104–129; Nicholas P. Money, "Beatrix Potter, Victorian Mycologist", Fungi. 2:4 (Fall 2009); Roy Watling, "Helen Beatrix Potter: Her interest in fungi", The Linnean: Newsletter and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 16/1 (January 2000), pp. 24–31. Lear 2007, p. 19. Rupert came into his father's estate over the course of several years, 1884, 1891 and 1905. The Potters were comfortable but they did not live exclusively on inherited wealth; Lane, (1946) The Tale of Beatrix Potter 1946, p. 1 Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation – How to Pronounce English words". howjsay.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021 . Retrieved 6 October 2017.

Christmas cards designed by a young Beatrix Potter to go on display". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 9 October 2022. First look at Roald & Beatrix starring Dawn French with special cameo from Bill Bailey, 17 November 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020 . Retrieved 26 December 2020. Potter's artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairy tales and fantasy. She was a student of the classic fairy tales of Western Europe. As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop's Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, [44] the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, [45] and the romances of Sir Walter Scott. [46] As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense, including the much loved The Owl and the Pussycat, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland had made their impression, although she later said of Alice that she was more interested in Tenniel's illustrations than what they were about. [47] a b Eccleshare, Julia (22 April 2002). "Peter Rabbit Turns 100". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 11 May 2023.

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbitt and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle on anniversary stamps". BBC News. 28 July 2016 . Retrieved 4 September 2016. Rebuffed by William Thiselton-Dyer, the Director at Kew, because of her sex and her amateur status, Potter wrote up her conclusions and submitted a paper, On the Germination of the Spores of the Agaricineae, to the Linnean Society in 1897. It was introduced by Massee because, as a woman, Potter could not attend proceedings or read her paper. She subsequently withdrew it, realising that some of her samples were contaminated, but continued her microscopic studies for several more years. Her paper has only recently been rediscovered [ citation needed], along with the rich, artistic illustrations and drawings that accompanied it. Her work is only now being properly evaluated. [39] [40] [41] Potter later gave her other mycological and scientific drawings to the Armitt Museum and Library in Ambleside, where mycologists still refer to them to identify fungi. There is also a collection of her fungus paintings at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Perth, Scotland, donated by Charles McIntosh. In 1967, the mycologist W. P. K. Findlay included many of Potter's beautifully accurate fungus drawings in his Wayside & Woodland Fungi, thereby fulfilling her desire to one day have her fungus drawings published in a book. [42] In 1997, the Linnean Society issued a posthumous apology to Potter for the sexism displayed in its handling of her research. [43] Artistic and literary career [ edit ] First edition, 1902 In her teenage years, Potter was a regular visitor to the art galleries of London, particularly enjoying the summer and winter exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London. [53] Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father's friend, the artist Sir John Everett Millais, who recognised Potter's talent of observation. Although Potter was aware of art and artistic trends, her drawing and her prose style were uniquely her own. [54] Potter illustration, "Toad's Tea Party", c. 1905, which appears in her Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, 1917