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Variant illustration of Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit standing on a staircase landing, by Beatrix Potter, watercolor, 1908

Variant illustration of Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit standing on a staircase landing

Beatrix Potter

1908

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Variant illustration of Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit standing on a staircase landing is a 1908 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Beatrix Potter
When & what style?
1908 · Post-Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

Beatrix Potter painted a watercolour in 1908. It shows Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit on a staircase landing. The scene comes from her book *The Roly-Poly Pudding*. This is one of many pictures she made of Hill Top, her farmhouse in the Lake District. The stairs in the book look just like the real ones. Next, look up the artist who wrote *The Tale of Peter Rabbit*.

The story of this work

Overview

Watercolour on card depicting Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat character, wearing a blue dress and white apron. She stands on a carpeted wooden staircase landing, her paws raised to her face, gazing leftward as light enters from a right-side window. A grandfather clock is partially visible behind her, and the illustration bears inscriptions on both front and verso. NONE

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About the artist

Portrait of Beatrix Potter
Artist

Beatrix Potter

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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