Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil
Measurements
200 x 157 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.12
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil and ink-written rhyme contained within a rectangular border design. This rhyme accompanies the illustration HIL.R.34.11. This sheet was slipped in between pages 22 and 23 of the dummy book. This rhyme was retained in the published book of 1917. Old Mr Prickly Pin/ With never a cushion/ to stick the pins in!/ His nose is black/ And his beard is gray/ And he lives in an ash-stump/ Over the way - See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.11 and HIL.R.34.13 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer