1903
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Lady mouse curtseying beside a tea-cup is a 1903 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor by Beatrix Potter shows a lady mouse taking a tiny bow beside a teacup. It’s from 1903 and belongs to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Potter is best known for Peter Rabbit, but this painting comes from her book “The Tailor of Gloucester,” set in the 1700s. She worked hard to make the costumes and details feel real. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of her delicate watercolors.
A mouse in eighteenth-century attire curtseys beside a bone china teacup in this illustration by Beatrix Potter, likely created in 1903 as a variant for the book *The Tailor of Gloucester*. The scene reflects Potter’s meticulous research into period dress and craftsmanship, drawing from historical garments at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The drawing was later exchanged and acquired by the V&A in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest.
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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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