1919
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Crow with cheese in its beak is a 1919 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting is called "Crow with cheese in its beak". Beatrix Potter created it in 1919. She was an author and illustrator who liked to draw animals. She also liked to show animals doing natural things, which is interesting because it shows her attention to detail. You can learn more about her style by looking at the work of Beatrix Potter.
This watercolor study on card depicts two crows holding a piece of food, likely cheese, in their beaks, with only minimal pencil outlines for the backgrounds. The work is believed to be a preparatory sketch for Potter’s planned adaptation of Aesop’s fable "The Fox and the Crow," created around 1919. It was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Linder Bequest in 1973.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( BEE-ə-triks), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
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