1899
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustration to 'Sleeping Beauty' - The doves asleep upon the housetops is a 1899 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted a quiet scene from *Sleeping Beauty* in watercolour. It shows doves asleep on rooftops, a small moment in a famous fairy tale. Made in April 1899, it mixes soft Impressionist style with clear, Realist details. Potter sketched many fairy-tale scenes in the 1890s, though she never published this set. This piece stayed in her papers until later discovery. Look for the preparatory sketch for this work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
An illustration by Beatrix Potter from March 1899 depicts two doves asleep on a rooftop, with a street and a distant church visible in the background. The outer border of the image is adorned with roses and lines of German text. A preparatory sketch for this illustration is catalogued as BP.438(b). The work was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest.
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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