Harry Potter and the Dursleys

Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

OUR VERY FIRST INTRODUCTION to Harry Potter is outside his uncle's house at number four, Privet Drive, as Hagrid and Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall discuss his future. This early drawing by J.K. Rowling, made several years before Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published, depicts the unlikely family together.

‘Early on I used to draw for the pleasure of seeing what I was imagining . . . I had this urge to actually see these characters that I was carrying around everywhere in my mind.’

J.K. ROWLING, 2017

Harry, despite his misery at the Dursleys’, is the only one smiling. Dudley Dursley stands beside him, arms folded. Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon stand behind the two boys, Aunt Petunia's hand grasping Dudley's shoulder.

Drawing of Harry Potter and the Dursleys by J.K. Rowling (1991)

J.K. ROWLING