1892
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Title page design for 'Three little mice sat down to spin' is a 1892 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter created a title page design for 'Three little mice sat down to spin' around 1892. This work is interesting because it was part of a larger project to illustrate a nursery rhyme. The project included detailed studies and finished watercolours for each line of the rhyme. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to learn more about this and other works.
The title page design for *Three little mice sat down to spin* is a watercolour and pen-and-ink composition by Beatrix Potter from around 1892, featuring three mice holding distaffs. Below the illustration, the rhyme’s title is inscribed in text. The design was part of an unpublished booklet Potter prepared based on the nursery rhyme, which included six watercolours and decorated pages. The work was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Linder Bequest 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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