Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolour
Measurements
200 x 157 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.1
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil-written rhyme, and a pencil and watercolour wash illustration of a mouse, a pair of gloves and a tea cup and saucer. This sheet was slipped in between pages 10 and 11 of the dummy book. The Lucie of the rhyme was Lucie Carr, for whom The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle was originally written. Lucie was the daughter of the vicar of Newlands, with whom the Potters became acquainted in 1901 while they were staying at Lingholm. While the Potters were again staying at Lingholm in 1904, the Carrs visited them for tea, accidentally leaving behind Lucie's gloves. Beatrix sent the gloves back to Lucie along with a picture letter about a piebald mouse (see Judy Taylor, Letters to Children), illustrated in colour. The rhyme was later quoted by Beatrix in the letter that she wrote (c1924) for the Invalid Children's Aid Association, to be sent to the children who had collected stamps for the charity. I found a tiny pair of gloves/ When Lucie'd been to tea./ They were the dearest little loves!/ I thought they'd do for me. See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; and HIL.R.34.2 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer