1890
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Design for a christmas card is a 1890 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a watercolour design for a Christmas card. It was created by Beatrix Potter, an English writer and artist. The design was likely intended for a printer, as part of an effort to raise funds for a printing machine. Beatrix Potter's brother suggested she sell her drawings to help with the purchase. To learn more about the styles that influenced Beatrix Potter's work, look up the movement: Impressionism, Realism.
A vignette design by Beatrix Potter from around 1890 depicts two rabbits walking through snow, one in a blue coat carrying a basket of vegetables and the other in a red coat holding mistletoe. The scene includes a distant cottage framed by bare wintry trees. The drawing was likely created as a card design for Hildesheimer & Faulkner, who printed some of Potter’s illustrations for Christmas and New Year cards. It was later acquired by the V&A in 1973 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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