Lot 175
Beatrix Potter Signed Greeting Card (1866-1943) English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist, best known for her children's books featuring animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit. She published a total of 23 children's books, the proceeds of which allowed her to become independent of her parents and to buy land in the Lake District. In 1913 she married William Heelis, a local solicitor. She left 14 farms and 4000 acres of land to the National Trust, preserving that beautiful area for future generations.
Greeting card signed on the front, "Beatrix Potter" under a holiday illustration featuring rabbits and inside: "Wm. & Beatrix Heelis" to "Mary and Hetty with best wishes for Christmas & New Year, Dec. 17, 1938." At left is an illustration, signed in print, of three rabbits reading a greeting card. Printed above is "Here comes Peter with the Post-bag! -- "Is this the right rabbit hole, please?" A printed insert notes that "By the request of Lady Baldwin and 'Peter Rabbit's Committee' (I.C.A.A.) the Publishers will devote the profits from the sale of this Greeting Card (after the original drawings by Beatrix Potter) to the Invalid Children's Aid Association…." Very fine.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
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