1905
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Unfinished sketch of Mrs Tiggy-winkle is a 1905 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter sketched this watercolour around 1905. It’s an early study for a hedgehog character she later used on a book cover. Potter kept pet hedgehogs and wrote about them often. In a letter, she joked how hard it was to pose her hedgehog. The poor thing kept yawning and even tried to bite while she worked. Check out more of Beatrix Potter’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
An unfinished study by Beatrix Potter from around 1905 depicts Mrs Tiggy-winkle, a hedgehog dressed in a cap, apron, and clothing with clasped paws. Executed in pencil with pen and ink and watercolour applied to the upper and right sections, the sketch remains incomplete in the lower and central areas. The illustration shows patterned pink sleeves, brown facial fur, and a brown skirt with blue stripes. The drawing was created before the publication of *The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle* and later entered the V&A collection as part of the Linder Bequest.
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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