1894
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Sketches of marsh helleborine is a 1894 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted close studies of wildflowers in the 1890s. She used watercolour to capture Marsh Helleborine, an orchid that grows near water. These sketches came from trips around Derwentwater in the Lake District. Potter often stayed near Keswick in the 1880s and 1890s. She knew these flowers well from walks in wetland areas. By the time these works were made, she was already sketching carefully. Look up her other flower studies next. Beatrix Potter
The sketches depict marsh helleborine, an orchid found in wetland areas, rendered in portrait orientation on card. On the left, a pencil study of the plant is shown, while the upper right features a watercolour and gouache study of the flowers. The centre right includes two pencil studies of flower heads, and the lower right displays a watercolour study of the leaves and stems. The drawings were likely created at Derwentwater during the 1890s.
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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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