1919
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The fox taking leave of the stork is a 1919 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The illustration depicts a stork and a fox within a panelled interior, with the fox, identified as Mr Tod, positioned near a wooden door as if preparing to leave. Created by Beatrix Potter around 1919, the scene is based on the Aesop fable "The Fox and the Stork." The work was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of Potter-related materials.
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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