1950
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sheaves of corn in a field, Sawrey is a 1950 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Potter painted this watercolour early in the 1900s. She studied the Lake District countryside after buying her first farm in 1905. The study shows corn sheaves in a field—quiet, everyday farm work. She kept Hill Top as a working farm. She added Castle Farm in 1909. After 1913, she focused on farming and conservation. Look up the next step: technique: impasto
A watercolour landscape by Beatrix Potter depicts sheaves of corn arranged in a field, with rolling hills visible in the background. Created in the early twentieth century, the work reflects Potter’s engagement with the rural landscape around her Lake District home. It was later owned by Captain Kenneth W. G. Duke before entering the collection of Leslie Linder, from whom it was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest.
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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