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
204 x 152 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.14
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil and ink-written rhyme contained within a pencil border design, a continuation of rhyme HIL.R.34.13. This sheet was slipped in between pages 24 and 25 of the dummy book. Walled with woven grass and moss/ Pegged down with willow twigs across -/ Now wasn't that a charming house/ For Little Tommy Tittlemouse? See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.13 and HIL.R.34.15 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer