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Still life study of a Lambeth salt-glazed stoneware jug and bananas, by Beatrix Potter, watercolor, 1881

Still life study of a Lambeth salt-glazed stoneware jug and bananas

Beatrix Potter

1881

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Still life study of a Lambeth salt-glazed stoneware jug and bananas is a 1881 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Beatrix Potter
When & what style?
1881 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour and pencil drawing on paper depicts a Lambeth salt-glazed stoneware jug in brown and orange tones, positioned beside three joined bananas and a partially peeled banana lying separately. The background is rendered with a grey-green wash. The work was later donated to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of the Linder Collection.

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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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