Beatrix potter essays

Click here for sample essays written by our professional writers. On the 28th day of July in the year 1866 Helen Beatrix Potter was born in London, England. She preferred to be called Beatrix, rather than Helen. Beatrix grew up having to find ways to entertain herself since she was unaccompanied often. She painted, examined, sketched and wrote.

While her illustrations have none of the gilded ornateness of the Pre-Raphaelites, their influence can be seen in the meticulous attention to detail in her reproduction of nature” (Beatrix). Beatrix was very sharp-eyed and observant. She looked deeply into the things she drew.

Beatrix formed stories about animals because they were a part of her life. She had many pets and saw animals in the Lake District. “She watched squirrels in the woods, saw rabbits in the vegetable gardens of the big house. She made many sketches of the landscape” (Beatrix). At one point she used a secret code she made up to write in a journal.

It has been said that Beatrix Potter got her inspiration for her characters names from reading names from tombstones in a cemetery in London (Beatrix). Potter wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit in dedication to a young gentleman who had been sick for a while.