1900
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is a 1900 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted *The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse* in watercolour around 1900. She used it to practice illustrating stories before she wrote her famous books. Potter liked to try out styles by copying favorite tales. This one comes from a very old fable about two mice who visit each other’s homes. Check out more of Beatrix Potter’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter’s 1900 watercolour and pen-and-ink drawing depicts two mice at a table, illustrating Aesop’s fable *The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse*. The house mouse, positioned near the table’s head, holds a fork over food while drinking red wine, while the field vole knocks plates and a wine glass to the right. The scene includes tableware such as bowls, plates, a Dutch cheese, and jam tarts, with a blue-rimmed plate in the foreground. The composition is framed by an asymmetrical Art Nouveau border on a patterned fabric background.
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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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