Beatrix potter botanical illustrations

The V&A is a major resource for the study of Beatrix Potter, holding the world's largest collection of her drawings, manuscripts, correspondence and photographs

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist Pen ink and watercolor on paper V&A museum

Watercolour drawing of a pansy plant with buds by Beatrix Potter, 21 September 1896; Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.233

The V&A is a major resource for the study of Beatrix Potter, holding the world's largest collection of her drawings, manuscripts, correspondence and photographs

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) English author, illustrator, mycologist and conservationist Pen ink and watercolor on paper V&A museum

Drawing of wild yellow balsam, watercolour and pen and ink over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, Derwentwater, ca.1900, Linder Collection object no. Lc.15.B.6, catalogue no. 2.11

Beatrix Potter, ‘Studies of bees and other...

It's foxglove time here in Lakeland and Beatrix Potter, who lived in the area, added these tall pink flowers to several of her illustrations. Here is an example from 'The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck'. ..... 'Jemima searched for a convenient...

Drawings of a posy of wild flowers (recto), an unfinished purple vetch (verso), watercolour over pencil, by Beatrix Potter, ca 1885, Linder Collection object no. LC.4.B.1, cat. no. 2.10

From an early age Beatrix Potter sketched from nature, copied from book illustrations and occasionally created designs inspired by her own imagination.