1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Kitten carrying game; illustration to 'The White Cat' is a 1894 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a kitten holding a tiny bird. Beatrix Potter made it in 1894 to go with a fairy tale called “The White Cat.” She often drew animals from life, not just fancy ideas. The picture is part of four related sheets kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Before she wrote Peter Rabbit, she practiced by illustrating other stories. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A tabby kitten dressed in a brown coat is shown in a vignette illustration holding a gun and a brace of birds, set against a snow-covered field with buildings visible in the background. The drawing is one of four related sheets illustrating *The White Cat*, a fairy tale by the Countess d’Aulnoy, and was likely created during Beatrix Potter’s 1894 visit to Camfield Place in Hertfordshire. The work is part of the Linder Bequest, acquired by the V&A in 1973.
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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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