1890
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Lady rabbit and gentleman rabbit passing on the street is a 1890 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a lady rabbit and a gentleman rabbit passing on the street. The gentleman holds mistletoe. It’s one of six designs Potter sold to a printer in 1890 to raise money for a printing press. The scene was turned into holiday cards. Potter’s playful take on animal manners hints at the charm we’d later see in her Peter Rabbit books. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour and pen-and-ink design by Beatrix Potter depicts a lady rabbit and a gentleman rabbit passing on a street, the lady carrying a fur muff and umbrella and the gentleman holding mistletoe. The same composition exists in a second pen-and-ink version, both mounted together under accession number BP.443(b). The drawing was made at 2 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, in June 1890. It was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum 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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