1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Thimble, scissors, pin-cushion and cotton reels is a 1892 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This quiet watercolor shows common sewing tools—a thimble, scissors, a pin-cushion, and cotton reels. Beatrix Potter painted it around 1892, blending soft colors with careful detail. It was made while she worked on a never-finished booklet inspired by the rhyme “Three little mice sat down to spin.” The watercolor is one of six she completed for the project. Look up more of Beatrix Potter’s early work next.
This watercolour and pen-and-ink study by Beatrix Potter, created around 1892, depicts a thimble, scissors, a pincushion, and cotton reels arranged on a surface. It served as a more refined version of an illustration intended for a planned but unpublished booklet based on the nursery rhyme "Three little mice sat down to spin." The drawing was later included in the Linder Bequest acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973.
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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