'Oh no! Miss Pussy, you'd bite off our heads'
1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This watercolour shows a funny moment from a nursery rhyme about mice spinning thread. Beatrix Potter painted it around 1892 as part of a never-finished booklet inspired by “Three little mice sat down to spin.” Potter used watercolour to bring a playful rhyme to life. She left the project half-done, but kept six finished pictures and a title page. Look at more drawings by Beatrix Potter.
