most people will know beatrix potter as an author and an illustrator creating stories like this one,ows she was so much more than that — from a scientist to an award—winning sheep farmer. she loved the hardwick sheep, which are a traditional lake district breed, and she ensured that this traditional breed would be protected. so, by buying up working farms, she made sure they stayed as traditional working farms and that they weren't taken over by developers for holiday homes or anything. before that, miss potter lived in south kensington. she loved collecting shells, rocks and fossils, studying them under the microscope. and, as a budding illustrator, she visited this museum. it's appropriate that it is at the v&a because her archive. it's appropriate that it's at the v&a, because her archive. but also, because she lived near the museum, and she visited plaster casts from our collections, and some of our objects, as you will see in this exhibition, actually appear in her stories. including this waistcoat she sketched as a child here. it later appeared in her story the tailor of glouce