1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
View across Derwentwater is a 1850 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour shows a quiet view of Derwentwater in the Lake District. Beatrix Potter painted it late in the 19th or early 20th century. The scene captures calm mountains across the lake. Potter sketched here every summer from 1885. She stayed near the water with her family for long holidays. These trips gave her chances to paint outdoors. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A small watercolour depicting a view across Derwentwater, showing the lake’s expanse and the distant shore framed by mountains in the background. The work was created during one of Beatrix Potter’s family stays near the lake, part of her frequent sketching during summer holidays before her marriage. It was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of Potter-related materials.
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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