Carnations
16
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
16
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Beatrix Potter painted Carnations in 1903 using watercolours. It’s a study of flowers in a garden bed, made to sit behind a book cover. The flowers were meant for The Tale of Benjamin Bunny but never went into print. The tiny print run of 20,000 copies sold out fast. A critic still called her pencil work perfect, which Potter found funny. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
