6
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Studies of pansy flowers (recto) and highly magnified cell colonies (verso) is a 6 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor sheet shows two sides of Beatrix Potter’s careful eye. One side has pansy studies in pink and purple. The other side shows magnified cell colonies. The pansies are dated June 5, 1909 and labeled “from Veitch’s Prize English.” Potter linked her plant studies to her famous children’s books. Try searching the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of her work.
A sheet of paper bears seven studies of pansy flowers in pink and purple hues on one side, dated June 5, 1909, with annotations identifying the flower beds from which they were drawn. The verso contains a highly magnified drawing of eight cell colonies, likely of the alga Desmococcus. The sheet is unevenly torn. Acquired by the V&A in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, the drawing was made by Beatrix Potter in 1909.
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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