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Photograph of Bertram, Beatrix and Rupert Potter with partial border design of yellow and purple flowers

Rupert Potter

1898

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Post-Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

Photograph of Bertram, Beatrix and Rupert Potter with partial border design of yellow and purple flowers is a 1898 watercolor by Rupert Potter, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Rupert Potter
When & what style?: 1898 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

The photograph shows Bertram Potter, Beatrix Potter, and Rupert Potter arranged on a paved patio, with Bertram and Rupert seated and Beatrix standing between them behind a chair; plants frame the scene on the left and right, and a swan statue and garden foliage are reflected in a window behind. The image is mounted on a card featuring a partial border of yellow and purple flowers drawn in pencil and watercolour with white highlights. The photograph was taken by Rupert Potter in 1898 during a family holiday at Lingholm in the Lake District.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Rupert Potter

Rupert Potter left behind two kinds of pictures: soft watercolors of family posed against floral borders and sharp photographs of the English countryside.

See the richer artist page