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Snow scene with two cows (left) and sketches of chickens (right)
Potter, Beatrix, born 1866 - died 1943 - Enlarge image
Snow scene with two cows (left) and sketches of chickens (right)
- Object:
drawing
- Place of origin:
Hill Top (the snow scene was catalogued by Leslie Linder as Hill Top, drawn)
- Date:
ca. 1805 - ca. 1813 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Potter, Beatrix, born 1866 - died 1943 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
pencil and watercolour on paper
- Museum number:
BP.338
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) is one of the world's best-loved children's authors and illustrators. She wrote the majority of the twenty-three Original Peter Rabbit Books between 1901 and 1913. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Frederick Warne, 1902) is her most famous and best-loved tale.
The landscape drawing of a snow covered hillside on this sheet is thought to show Hill Top Farm in the Lake District; following her purchase of Hill Top in 1905, Beatrix Potter made many studies of the Lakeland landscape in all seasons. This sheet is undated but Potter made similar studies of the snowy landscape around Sawrey in the winters of 1909, 1910 and 1913, so it could date from around this time. The snowy hillside and wintry trees are loosely delineated in broad watercolour brushstrokes over sketchy pencil lines. On the right two cows make their way down the hill.
Potter used the right hand part of this sheet for some additional sketches; she has made eight studies of chickens.
