Beatrix's Passion for Science and Art

Beatrix's interest in the sciences also flourished. She filled sketchbook after sketchbook with highly detailed, biologically accurate depictions of flora and fauna. Although she devoted herself to art, Beatrix was still passionate about science. In her late teens and early twenties, Beatrix drew insects, fossils, moths, birds, mosses and lichens. But more than anything else, she sketched mushrooms - collecting them foraging through forests on misty autumn days.

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