1885
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Side view of a bat with wings folded is a 1885 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 1885, Beatrix Potter painted a precise watercolour of a bat with folded wings. The work shows her sharp eye for nature. Potter often drew animals from life. Her journal mentions a tame pet bat her brother kept. She found bats surprisingly active. This study fits in a series of bat drawings from the 1880s. Look up the artist Beatrix Potter next.
A finely detailed watercolour study by Beatrix Potter from December 1885 depicts a bat in side view with folded wings, rendered primarily in brown tones with visible pencil outlines. The work reflects Potter’s close observation of animal anatomy, part of a series of bat studies she produced between 1884 and 1887. It was later 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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