Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pencil, Watercolour
Measurements
200 x 157 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.26
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil, ink and watercolour illustration, annotated by Beatrix. A version of HIL.R.34.25, contained within a rectangular pencil and ink border design. Below is an ink-written rhyme. This sheet was slipped in between pages 36 and 37 of the dummy book. The Mushrooms/ Nid nid noddy/ We stand in a ring,/ All day long/ And never do a thing! See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.25 and HIL.R.34.27 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer