1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Snow scene looking across a tarn to fields and a wooded hillside is a 1850 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted this quiet winter scene. She used watercolors to show a snowy lake and distant hills. The soft light suggests a cold but still day. Potter knew this spot well. She first came to the Lake District as a teenager and later bought a farmhouse nearby. The scene might be Tarn Hows, a place she visited often. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more.
A watercolor depicts a winter landscape featuring snow-covered fields, a frozen tarn, and a distant wooded hillside. The scene has been linked to Tarn Hows in the Lake District, an area Potter visited frequently and later preserved through land purchases. The work was part of the Linder Bequest, acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973. It includes approximately 2,150 items related to Potter’s life and career.
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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