Rabbits falling into snow
1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Beatrix Potter painted *Rabbits falling into snow* in the 1890s as a watercolor. It’s part of a series of rabbit-in-snow images she made before her famous Peter Rabbit books. The loose brushwork fits the Impressionist style she sometimes used. This work was made to raise money for a printing machine. Her brother Bertram suggested she sell designs like this one. Later, six of her rabbit drawings became Christmas cards for Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more of her early work.
