Previously Unknown Beatrix Potter Painting to be Sold at Auction
A previously unknown illustration by Beatrix Potter has been put up for
auction. The watercolor shows a bunny drinking tea. It's a fully realized painting which has never appeared in any of the Peter Rabbit books. In fact, it's a bit of a mystery.
This mystery Beatrix Potter illustration is expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds at auction next month.
The watercolour - of a girl rabbit with a pink ribbon tied daintily around her neck - has left experts puzzled.
For while the painting is highly-finished, its subject never appeared in any of the author's rabbit tales.
Potter's children's stories of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and The Floppy Bunnies have sold millions since they were first published at the turn of the century.
Bonhams of London said the watercolour, which has been in a private collection for 50 years, has never been under the hammer before.
So who is the mystery bunny who loves tea? And why didn't she get her own story?
A previously unknown illustration by Beatrix Potter has been put up for
