Study of two snails
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Study of two snails is a 1850 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter’s gentle watercolor shows two snails on a leaf. She kept snails as pets when she was young and often sketched them. This study helps us see how closely she watched small creatures. Potter filled notebooks with notes about the animals she drew. She mixed art with science before children’s books made her famous. Her early work proves how carefully she observed nature. Look up Beatrix Potter.
