Early October –
Beatrix Potter's first children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, with her own colour illustrations (originally published privately a year earlier), is first published in a trade edition by
Frederick Warne & Co in London. By the end of the year it sells 28,000 copies.[1][2]
Edvard Munch exhibits extensively at this year's
Berlin Secession, including the first complete showing of his Frieze of Life series. In October he accidentally shoots himself in the hand in the course of breaking up with Tulla Larsen.
^Desmond, Michael (1992). European and American paintings and sculptures 1870-1970 in the Australian National Gallery. Canberra: Australian National Gallery. p. 48.
ISBN9780642130266.
Early October –
Beatrix Potter's first children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, with her own colour illustrations (originally published privately a year earlier), is first published in a trade edition by
Frederick Warne & Co in London. By the end of the year it sells 28,000 copies.[1][2]
Edvard Munch exhibits extensively at this year's
Berlin Secession, including the first complete showing of his Frieze of Life series. In October he accidentally shoots himself in the hand in the course of breaking up with Tulla Larsen.
^Desmond, Michael (1992). European and American paintings and sculptures 1870-1970 in the Australian National Gallery. Canberra: Australian National Gallery. p. 48.
ISBN9780642130266.