Beatrix Potter Prints - The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)
Beatrix Potter Prints -
The Tailor of Gloucester
(England, 1903 - First Edition)
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Background:

The Tailor of Gloucester was one of Beatrix Potter's earliest stories, and a personal favorite of hers.  Originally written for a friend as a Christmas gift in 1901, the First Edition was published in 1903.  The prints presented here are from that edition.

The story is about a tailor who needed to complete an elaborate waistcoat for a grand mayoral occasion.  Falling ill, he thought he would be unable to complete this commission ontime - until a team of mice living in his shop took up the job and almost completed the waistcoat except for one cherry-colored buttonhole as there was "No More Twist".  Simpkin, the tailor's cat, did try to help by shopping for fabric and looking after the tailor when he was ill.  Too bad we can't train our pet's to help us complete work when we're ill!
Price per print: Print Only:  $40
Matting Charge:  $15
Framing & Matting Charge:  $75
Dimensions: Print Only:  4 x 5-1/2 inches
Matted:  8 x 10 inches
Type of print: Original color print
Year: 1903

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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320002)
Except (to make) waistcoats
for mice
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320003)
All the silk and satin lay
cut upon the table
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320006)
Simpkin kept house
by himself
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320009)
Out stepped a little lady mouse
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320010)
Out stepped a
little gentleman mouse
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320011)
The little mice ...
listened to the tailor
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320012)
Simpkin opened the door
and bounced in
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320013)
Simpkin hid a little parcel
in a teapot
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320014)
Who should come to sew them -
the little mice
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320015)
The tailor lay ill for
three days and nights
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320016)
Simpkin heard the
Cathedral clock strike twelve
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320017)
Simpkin came out of the
tailor's door in the snow
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320018)
Simpkin crept up to peep
in the window
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320019)
There was a snippeting
of scissors
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320020)
They clicked their thimbles
to mark the time
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320021)
The little mice began to shout -
No more twist!
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320022)
Simpkin found the poor old tailor
without fever
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320023)
The tailor came out
in the street with Simpkin
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Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320024)
Upon the table lay the
most beautifullest coat
Tailor of Gloucester (No. 70320025)
There was a scrap of paper -
NO MORE TWIST