This marked the 150th anniversary of Potter’s birth. However, it did not have any original illustrations by Beatrix.
In 2015, they discovered one of Beatrix’s unpublished books, and then on September 1st, 2016 they published The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots. When Beatrix died on December 22nd, 1943 at the age of 77, she left almost all of her property to the National Trust. In 1913, at the age of 47, she married William Heelis, a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. However, after his death, Beatrix went ahead with the purchase.īeyond an author, scientist, and artist, Potter was also a sheep breeder and a prosperous farmer devoted to land preservation. She and Norman had intended to purchase the property as a vacation home. With the income from her books, in 1905 Potter bought Hill Top Farm near a village at the edge of a lake. Then very suddenly Warne died at age 37 of pernicious anemia only one month after their engagement started. Unfortunately, the engagement was over shortly after it began. All of this earned Potter an independent income, as well as incredible profits for her publisher.Īfter working very closely creating her fifth book, In 1905, Potter and Norman Warne became engaged.
Frederick Warne & Co licensed all of the merchandise (and continues to this day with updated reproductions of her original small books). Other merchandise followed over the years as well. She was, perhaps, the first person to create merchandise from a fictional character when she made a Peter Rabbit doll in 1903. However, most often her illustrations were fantasies featuring her own numerous pets of mice, rabbits, kittens, and guinea pigs.
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906).The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905).Of the 60 books, Potter wrote there were 23 Tales each with a pronounced playful character, which have sold more than 250 million copies. Beatrix Potter’s Books in Order of Publication
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