This rabbit wears a felt jacket and slippers and was marketed by Steiff, not as Peter Rabbit but as a “rabbit with a blue jacket.” Today these very rare rabbits, if found, have a price tag of over $5,000. In 1905, Steiff produced a Peter Rabbit toy emulated from Beatrix Potters Tales. Today – unless licensed by Frederick Warne and Company – copies of the characters in her Tales are considered pirated. In 1903 she patented her own Peter Rabbit doll. Tod.Īn entrepreneur ahead of her times, Beatrix saw that products closely associated with her storybook characters were appearing on the market in London and decided to take commercializing matters into her own hands. The Tail of Peter Rabbit was the prototype for her 23 other Tales and these initial characters became reoccurring characters in: The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies and The Tale of Mr. McGregor and Peter’s cousin Benjamin Bunny. Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, Mr. In The Tail of Peter Rabbit Beatrix introduces Peter, Mrs. In this first Tale, Beatrix Potter bases her story on her childhood friend a beloved pet Belgium rabbit that she would have tea parties with and allow to sleep in her bedroom in front of the fireplace wrapped in an old quilt made of blue flannel cloth. In 1902 the Tale of Peter Rabbit, an engaging story about a naughty rabbit that disobeys his mother’s orders and runs into the garden of farmer Mr. It was after this second try that Frederick Warne & Company agreed to publish The Tale of Peter Rabbit and the rest, as they say, is history. Rawnsley to once again submit it to Frederick Warne & Company. Hardwicke Rawnsley, who in 1895 became one of the original founders of the National Trust, believed in the little book and encouraged Beatrix to try again to get it published. She gave away her books to friends and relatives, and in two weeks had 200 more published. Publishing 250 editions, her book measured five inches by four inches and a sketch appeared every time a page was turned. In 1901 after sending it to six publishers (including Frederick Warne & Company) and receiving six rejection letters, she decided to publish it privately. Seven years after Beatrix sent off her famous letter, she borrowed the letter back from young Noel and attempted to have it published into a little book. The Tale of Peter Rabbit has never been out of print and is available in over 35 foreign languages, in Braille, record, compact disc and digital videodisc formats. Little did Beatrix Potter imagine that over a century later her The Tale of Peter Rabbit would be known as the best-selling children’s classic of all time with well over forty million copies sold. It was Beatrix Potter who on Septemwrote a tale about a rabbit named Peter in the form of an eight-page letter sent to an ill child (five-year old Noel Moore, the oldest child of her favorite former governess, Annie Carter) who is responsible for our love of Peter Rabbit. Although commercialized today, children love to wake to their Easter baskets over flowing with candy and that ethereal stuffed bunny rabbit. Say Peter Rabbit and adults are flooded with childhood memories of waking up on a sunny spring morning, putting on their finest Easter bonnet – all the while anticipating the hunt for colorful Easter eggs – left by the allusive Easter bunny! Peter Rabbit has become an essential part of our childhood. Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Literature and Collectibles – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – April 2006
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