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4 unusual facts about Beatrix Potter


Beswick Pottery

They are chiefly known for producing high-quality porcelain figurines such as farm animals and Beatrix Potter characters and have become highly sought after in the collectables market.

Justin McDonald

McDonald's first major film saw him appearing alongside Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the Beatrix Potter biopic Miss Potter as the young William Heelis, who encouraged the young Beatrix Potter to write and illustrate her stories.

River Pang

To publicise their campaign they highlighted the dangers to sites well known through literature such as The Lake District (Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons and Beatrix Potter's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle), the North Kent Marshes (Charles Dickens's Great Expectations) and the River Pang.

The Tale of Mr. Tod

The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published by Frederick Warne & Co.


Birnam, Perth and Kinross

John Everett Millais, who painted many local landscapes, and Beatrix Potter, who visited regularly with her family from their London home, often visited Birnam.

Herbert of Derwentwater

St Herbert's Island was the inspiration for 'Owl Island' in Beatrix Potter's book The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin.

Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School

Pupils are allotted to one of six houses within the school, named after famous female writers and poets: Austen, Brontë, Browning, Eliot, Potter, and Rossetti.

Peter Spier

Like other children's illustrators such as Beatrix Potter or Christopher Wormell, Peter Spier demonstrates his talent and skills as an artist/illustrator using pen, ink and watercolour on paper.

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

In The Tale of Pigling Bland episode of The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, based on the works of Beatrix Potter, variations of this song can be heard a number of times.

Woodland House

Winner's art collection included works by Jan Micker, William James, Edmund Dulac, E. H. Shepard, Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen and Beatrix Potter.


see also

Bong tree

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter, written as a prequel to Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" and features the land where the Bong tree grows as a locale