Andrew Kershaw, has kindly sent me a cutting from The Times with a picture of Beatrix Potter and her Irish Terrier both sitting on chairs. We think he must have been the model for the dog Stumpie in the Tale of Little Pig Robinson.
Beatrix Potter sitting with her Irish Terrier
Stumpie the Irish Terrier – Appearing in Beatrix Potters ‘The Tale of Little Pig Robinson’
Another sketch of Stumpie the Irish Terrier – Appearing in Beatrix Potters ‘The Tale of Little Pig Robinson’
Lucy