Beatrix Potter
1866–1943
Autograph letter signed, London, to Noel Moore, June 4, 1895
June 4, 1895
MA 2009.5
Gift of Colonel David McC. McKell, 1959
Transcription
My dear Noël,
We came home from Wales this afternoon. I should have written to you from there but I was so busy taking photographs with Cousin Alice. We took some inside the house, there are very handsome chimney pieces, some
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Potter sent Noel a series of letters with anecdotes about animals she had seen in her travels. Here she reports on a trip to Wales, where she observed the curious conduct of donkeys, dogs, and a pony. Although she was appealing to Noel's interests, she also reveals her likes and dislikes: a life-long passion for antiques and fine old houses as well as a distinct lack of sympathy for a Welsh village she had visited.