Peter by the door in the wall
1927
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1927
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Beatrix Potter’s watercolour from August 1927 shows Peter Rabbit beside a locked door in a wall. This drawing was part of a fundraiser to save Cockshott Point on Lake Windermere. Readers paid a guinea each for one of fifty signed Peter Rabbit drawings. Potter used her famous Peter Rabbit character to support conservation. The money helped protect a spot she loved. The image matches the book’s moment when Peter finds the door but can’t open it. Check out more of Potter’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
