![]() Taught by governesses, including Annie Moore (who remained a close friend of Beatrix), in their home classroom, the children kept a multitude of pets for study, even smuggling in hedgehogs, mice, and frogs from the garden. From a young age, Beatrix and her brother Bertram Potter (born in 1872), showed promise as artists, constantly sketching animals from their classroom menagerie. An embroiderer and watercolorist, Helen joined him in an active social life, filled with writers, artists, and politicians, among them Sir John Everett Millais. Rupert was a qualified barrister, though rather than practice law, he spent his time focusing on his passion for art and photography. Beatrix’s parents were bourgeois Victorians who lived on inheritances from their families’ cotton trade during the industrial era. ![]() ![]() Helen Beatrix Potter was born on Jto Rupert and Helen Potter in Kensington, London. ![]() Home > Artists > Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter Born: J| Died: DecemBiography ![]()
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