'Making coats for Gentlemen'
1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolor shows a quiet scene of mice working with thread and cloth. Beatrix Potter painted it around 1892 as part of an unfinished booklet based on a nursery rhyme. Potter studied mice closely for every whisker and fold of fabric. She left the project half done, so only six pictures from the rhyme survive. Look for more mice stories by Beatrix Potter.
