14
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Primula Scotica is a 14 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted Primula Scotica in 1902 using watercolour. The painting shows a real plant with small purple flowers. It’s a close-up study of the Scottish primrose. Potter noted the plant came from Stromness, Orkney. She wrote the leaves were hard and the flowers had a strong scent. These details show her deep interest in nature. Her notes and sketches were made to record the plant’s look. She kept them for her natural history work. See more of her studies at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Two botanical sketches in pencil and watercolour depict Primula scotica, a small-flowered purple plant known as the Scottish primrose. The drawings include detailed inscriptions noting that the specimen originated in Stromness, Orkney, and describing its hard leaves and strong scent similar to a garden auricula. The work was executed by Beatrix Potter on July 21, 1902. It is part of the Linder Bequest, acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 from Leslie Linder.
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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