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 242235.21
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil and ink-written rhyme and a pencil and ink illustration of 3 rabbits seated within a rectangular border design of rabbit faces. This sheet was slipped in between pages 34 and 35 of the dummy book. Now what is that tapping/ At Cotton-tail's door?/ Tap tappit! tap tappit!-/ - We've heard it before? See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.20 and HIL.R.34.22 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer