1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Rabbits' Christmas Party: Christmas Dinner is a 1892 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted a sweet scene of rabbits at a Christmas feast. The watercolor shows them gathered around a table, enjoying their holiday meal. It’s part of a four-part series called "The Rabbits’ Christmas Party." This work is one of four watercolors made for the story. Potter gave them to her aunt as a gift. The series also includes scenes of dancing and playing. Look up this artist’s famous books next. artist: Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter’s 1892 watercolor depicts rabbits seated around a long table, wearing napkins as they eat a Christmas dinner in a room adorned with holly. Vegetables are arranged in the foreground, while the square composition centers on the festive meal. The work is the second in a series of four narrative scenes titled *The Rabbits’ Christmas Party*, given by Potter to her aunt Lucy Roscoe. Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, the drawing reflects Potter’s early illustrative style before her well-known *Peter Rabbit* books.
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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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