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1866 – 1943: The remarkable story of Beatrix Potter
The Story of Beatrix Potter
What you need to know before your trail
Beatrix Potter was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert. A famous author who gave it all up to become a farmer.
This book follows the twists and turns of Beatrix Potter’s life and its key turning points including her tragically brief first engagement and happy second marriage later in life. How did this one create her most famous characters including the naughty Peter Rabbit, confused Jemima Puddleduck and cheeky Squirrel Nutkin. How did her pets and locations in her beloved Lake District help her to create such a magical world?. In the last 30 years of Potter’s life, she abandoned books to become a working farmer and a pioneering conservationist. Her work with the National Trust helped to save thousands of acres of the Lake District a legacy that, like her books, continues to enrich our lives today.
Locations
Reset- England - The Lake District
- A: Wray Castle
- B: National Trust - Hill Top
- C: The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Travel Guide
Beatrix Potter’s Lake District
The Lake District of Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter, known as Beatrix, was born on 28 July 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter in Kensington, London
She was always encouraged to draw, and she spent many hours sketching animals and plants around her. she never went to school but had an art teacher Miss Cameron, and a number of governesses, including Annie Moore, to whom she remained close throughout her life.
Two of Beatrix’s earliest artist models were her pet rabbits. They joined the family everywhere and she taught them to do tricks. When Beatrix was sixteen, the family stayed at Wray Castle, overlooking Lake Windermere, and this is where she fell in love for this part of the world and for the countryside of the Lake District. The magic of Peter Rabbit was born!
Hill Top
Beatrix Potter bought a farm – Hill Top – where she later became a farmer and prize-winning sheep breeder.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Story of Beatrix Potter
Author/Guide: Sarah Gristwood Destination: The Lake District, Beatrix Potter Country Departure Time: 1866 – 1943
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