Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) in Old Age
Delmar Harmond Banner (Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1896 - Ulverston, Cumbria 1983)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1938
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 810 x 80 mm
Place of origin
Cumbria
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 252339
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) in Old Age by Delmar Harmond Banner (Freiburg-im-Breisgau 1896 – 1983), circa 1938. A three-quarter-length portrait of Beatrix, the well-known children's writer and illustrator who created the Tales of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Mrs Tiggy Winkle and many other animal characters, holding a show catalogue and an umbrella. Her life as a Lake District sheep farmer is reflected by the shepherds and sheep in the background. A signed version of 1938 is in the National Portrait Gallery, London and given by the artist who was her friend and neighbour in 1948.
Provenance
Transferred from Hill Top in 1988
Makers and roles
Delmar Harmond Banner (Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1896 - Ulverston, Cumbria 1983), artist