1895
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The White Rabbit running along a long panelled corridor is a 1895 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Beatrix Potter painted The White Rabbit running along a long panelled corridor around 1895. It’s a watercolour, not the later book illustrations we all know. She used her pet rabbit, Peter Piper, as the model. This was before she wrote Peter Rabbit books. In the 1890s she practiced by drawing classic stories like Alice in Wonderland. Check out her children’s books next.
A watercolour over pencil illustration depicts a white rabbit wearing a blue coat running along a long, wood-panelled corridor while pulling on white gloves. The drawing is bordered by a rough pencil outline and is mounted alongside a related illustration. Created by Beatrix Potter around 1895, the work was later acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum 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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