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 242235.27
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil and ink-written rhyme and a pencil and ink illustration of the moon rising over a ring of dancing mushrooms. This is a continuation of rhyme HIL.R.34.26. This sheet was slipped in between pages 36 and 37 of the dummy book. But Nid nid noddy/ We wake up at night!/ We hop and we dance/ In the merry moonlight! See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.26 and HIL.R.34.28 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer