31
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Front view of a bat is a 31 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted a bat from the front in watercolor in 1884. She kept bats and other pets as a child, drawing them for study. This sketch shows her lifelong love of animals. Potter added notes about species in her early drawings. She used watercolor to capture details carefully. The bat’s shape and fur are clear in soft colors. Look up Beatrix Potter next.
A front-view study of a bat by Beatrix Potter, dated 31 January 1884, depicts the animal’s head, wings, and legs in careful detail. The drawing belongs to a group of bat studies Potter produced between 1884 and 1887, including a related overhead view held by the same collection. It was acquired in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a large archive of Potter-related materials held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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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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