The Tailor of Gloucester (Beatrix Potter Originals)

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When Simpkin returned he was ready for a nice fat mouse for his supper. But when he saw the upturned tea cups and bowls, he knew something wasn’t right at all. Please enjoy this charming Christmas tale, told and illustrated by Britain's foremost children's book author and illustrator. The tailor was very tired and beginning to be ill. He sat down by the hearth and talked to himself about that wonderful coat. The obverse of the coin features the 20 1 5 coinage portrait of the Queen by Jody Clark, the first Royal Mint employee to create a portrait in 100 years – the practice is usually completed by artists working outside of the Mint. The inscription ‘ELIZABETH II.D.REG.F.D. 50 PENCE. 2018 ’ appears around the portrait. Ordinarily, the denomination appears on the reverse face of the coin, but certain Beatrix Potter coins feature it on the portrait side. I think this is my favorite of all of Beatrix Potter's lovely illustrated tales - and it was the author's favorite too! It has a Christmastime setting and a nice message about the spirit of the season, so it was great to revisit it.

The Tailor of Gloucester 50p coin was released in 2018. The standard circulated edition has a mintage of 3.9 million. There were three other Beatrix Potter commemorative 50p coins minted that year, continuing a trend from the first set released in 2016. The trail is organised by the Cathedral Quarter High Street Heritage Action Zone Partnership, in thewe think it is by far the prettiest story connected with tailoring we have ever read, and as it is full of that spirit of Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, we are not ashamed to confess that it brought the moisture to our eyes, as well as the smile to our face. It is got up in choicest style and illustrated by twenty-seven of the prettiest pictures it is possible to imagine. [10] Adaptations [ edit ] But upon the table—oh joy! the tailor gave a shout—there, where he had left plain cuttings of silk—there lay the most beautiful coat and embroidered satin waistcoat that ever were worn by a Mayor of Gloucester!

The tailor sat down again by the fire, warming his poor cold hands. But all at once, from the dresser, there came other little noises—Now what can that be?” said the Tailor of Gloucester, jumping up from his chair. The tailor crossed the kitchen, and stood quite still beside the dresser, listening, and peering through his spectacles. She also took her inspiration for the shop from her sketches of 9 Cathedral Court, the pretty cobbled lane where the House of the Tailor of Gloucester museum now stands. Suddenly he realised why. The mice must have been so grateful to the tailor for setting them free they were making the mayor’s clothes for him - and had run out of silk thread for the button-holes. What a nice thing for the mice to do for the poor old tailor! Simpkin suddenly felt rather ashamed of his bad behaviour. A part of the Beatrix Potter 50p collection the Tailor of Gloucester is highly sought after, but how much is it worth today? Action Zone, we are marking the anniversary of the publication of The Tailor of Gloucester by celebrating its origins on Westgate Street.'

No breadth at all, and cut on the cross; it is no breadth at all; tippets for mice and ribbons for mobs! for mice!" said the Tailor of Gloucester. Then Simpkin went on tip-toe and took a little parcel of silk out of the tea-pot; and looked at it in the moonlight; and he felt quite ashamed of his badness compared with those good little mice! Along with all the Potter coins that came before it, the Tailor of Gloucester 50p coin was designed by Royal Mint employee Emma Noble. For the entire Beatrix Potter series, Noble worked from the author’s original watercolours. The Tailor of Gloucester is unique in that it was published in two different formats during Potter's lifetime. Bea Potter self-published it in 1902 because she knew that her otherwise trusted publisher (Warne) would demand more drawings and fewer silly mouse songs. In 1903, her publisher did produce a version with more pictures and fewer mouse songs. Ironically, people who grew up with either version tend to resent the the other version when they come across it, just like some folks prefer today's "director's cut" DVD releases over the theatrical release. In all cases, a silly thing to lose sleep over. And then suddenly they all ran away together down the passage behind the wainscot, squeaking and calling to one another as they ran from house to house.

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In 1988, Rabbit Ears Productions produced a storyteller version with narration by Meryl Streep, drawings by David Jorgensen and music by The Chieftains. Because you are fond of fairytales, and have been ill, I have made you a story all for yourself—a new one that nobody has read before.

But Simpkin hid a little parcel privately in the tea-pot, and spit and growled at the tailor; and if Simpkin had been able to talk, he would have asked: “Where is my MOUSE?”The tailor worked and worked, and he talked to himself. He measured the silk, and turned it round and round, and trimmed it into shape with his shears; the table was all littered with cherry-coloured snippets.