Potter left all her properties, including 14 working farms, to the National Trust, for public good and access, and became an accomplished sheep farmer of a breed native to the region, Ms. Kennedy ...

Potter's relationship with nature—from her scientific observation of flora and fauna as a child and young adult to her passion for sheep farming later in life—is the subject of the Morgan ...

In fact, Potter was a woman of many gifts, among them a knack for sheep farming, a passion for land conservation, and the ability to organize groups of Girl Guides.

She would go on to write 23 tales for children, but as early as 1913, at the height of her fame, she began to wind down her career to devote herself to sheep farming in England’s Lake District.

Credit: Express Newspapers/Getty Images LONDON -- It's been 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter, the creator of four rather famous rabbits: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

Beatrix Potter, cherished author, illustrator, and conservationist, is the subject of an intimate and illuminating new exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.

“Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” will be on view at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville through September 17, 2023. Teresa Nowakowski is a print and multimedia journalist based in Chicago.

Beatrix Potter is known for her famous books, but it all started with picture letters. One such letter she wrote to a sick child named Noel Moore in 1893 featured a character named Peter Rabbit.

Speaking about Beatrix Potter, Lynne said: “Her crowning glory, I think, and I believe she would consider it also, was being elected President of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association in 1944.