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Potter (Beatrix) Fierce Bad Rabbit 3 sketches

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3 preparatory sketches for a sequence of illustrations to The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, pen and brown ink over pencil, each c.110 x 100mm., each mounted on conservation board, c.1906(3)

***These early working drawings capture the key events in the story: "A bad rabbit comes across a good rabbit sitting on a bench eating a carrot. Wanting the carrot, he takes it from the good rabbit and scratches him. The good rabbit escapes and hides in a nearby hole. Meanwhile, a hunter notices the bad rabbit sitting on the bench and mistakes it for a bird. He fires at the bad rabbit, but finds nothing but a carrot and a rabbit tail on the bench.".

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