Post by John Green on Jul 6, 2016 16:55:11 GMT
Always like this sort of thing: www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/06/unseen-beatrix-potter-illustrations-discovered-in-stately-home
"Two of the four unseen drawings were discovered by Josephine Waters, house manager at Melford Hall, during conservation work. “I was moving a bookcase together with a colleague, and whilst we were going through some of the books we discovered a drawing tucked inside, it was classic Potter style and we immediately knew it was one of hers,” said Waters. When they showed the drawings to Richard Hyde Parker, the 12th baronet who lives in Melford Hall, he revealed that a third illustration had been found previously, but never attributed to Potter."
"Two of the four unseen drawings were discovered by Josephine Waters, house manager at Melford Hall, during conservation work. “I was moving a bookcase together with a colleague, and whilst we were going through some of the books we discovered a drawing tucked inside, it was classic Potter style and we immediately knew it was one of hers,” said Waters. When they showed the drawings to Richard Hyde Parker, the 12th baronet who lives in Melford Hall, he revealed that a third illustration had been found previously, but never attributed to Potter."