1897
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1897 watercolor by Beatrix Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows three mushrooms and a sliced one. The caps are brown with spots, and the stems are thin. One mushroom is cut open to reveal its inside. The background is plain, and the mushrooms sit on a light surface. The artist focused on small details like the texture of the caps and the way the mushrooms grow. This kind of close-up drawing was common in nature studies. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more works like this.
A watercolour and pen-and-ink drawing over pencil depicts three specimens of the mushroom Leccinum melanea on the left, including a button stage and a cut longitudinal section exposing the flesh and spore surface. On the right is a single specimen of Leccinum scabrum with a yellowish-brown cap, accompanied by fronds of fern and blades of grass beneath. The work was donated by Leslie Linder to the National Book League in 1970 as part of a 279-drawing selection from Potter’s early output. This group, known as the Linder Collection, was on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum from…
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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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