Art Review: “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature,” at the Morgan Library

Nicolas Hüet, French, 1770–1828 'Study of the Giraffe Given to Charles X by the Viceroy of Egypt,' 1827, Watercolor and gouache, over black chalk. The Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978, 1994.1.

A drawing of a giraffe standing next to a man wearing blue sitting in a chair

Two overlapping shows at the Morgan Library celebrate the charming illustrations of children’s author Beatrix Potter and the sketches of naturalist Walton Ford.

Art Review: “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature,” at the Morgan Library