1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Pink and white tulips is a 1850 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, depicting Tulipa, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted tulips in soft pink and white. She used watercolour to study nature closely. This was part of her lifelong love for plants and bugs. Her flower studies later shaped the scenes in her Peter Rabbit books. She once said her youthful plant work made her imaginary worlds more real. Her art lives at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolor drawing depicts two tulips with pink and white petals, accompanied by stems and leaves. The work is part of Beatrix Potter’s botanical studies, which influenced her later book illustrations. Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, it reflects Potter’s lifelong engagement with natural history.
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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