Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Measurements
200 x 157 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.19
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil-written rhyme and a pencil illustration of a mother mouse with a large bowl of broth and a large spoon feeding three small mice, contained within a rectangular border design of mice. This is a continuation of rhyme HIL.R.34.18. This sheet was slipped in between pages 32 and 33 of the dummy book. I'm sure/ if she lived/ In a little/ Shoe-house See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.18 and HIL.R.34.20 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer