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 242235.15
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil and ink-written rhyme contained within a pencil and ink border design of dandelion seed heads. This sheet was slipped in between pages 26 and 27 of the dummy book. Diggory Diggory Delvet!/ A little old Man in black velvet!/ He digs and he delves/ Like the Mowdwarps Themselves -/ Diggory Diggory Delvet! See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.14 and HIL.R.34.16 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer