1902
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Studies for the Mayor's waistcoat is a 1902 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted *Studies for the Mayor's waistcoat* in 1902. It’s a delicate watercolour sketch. The piece shows how Potter planned patterns for a character’s clothing in her books. She worked hard to make her stories feel real. Potter visited a tailor’s shop in Chelsea to study period details like stitching and fabric. Check out more work by Beatrix Potter at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Two watercolour and pencil studies depict the Mayor’s waistcoat from Beatrix Potter’s *The Tailor of Gloucester*, showing the left front panel with embroidered floral motifs and a collar diagram, while a second view includes colour trials and a small sketch of a teapot. The sketches were made after examining 18th-century garments at the Victoria and Albert Museum to ensure historical accuracy. The waistcoat’s design features poppies and cornflowers, matching Potter’s description in her correspondence. The studies were later donated to the National Book League (now Book Trust) in 1970 as part…
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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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