4
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Magnified studies of a beetle (the ground beetle Notiophilus biguttatus?) is a 4 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, depicting Insect, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A pencil drawing of a ground beetle, possibly *Notiophilus biguttatus*, is shown in full on the left side of the sheet, while the right side features a highly magnified study of the insect's head rendered in pencil, watercolour, and pen and ink. The work was created by Beatrix Potter on 4 March 1887 as part of her detailed natural history studies. It was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of Potter-related materials.
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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