Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolour
Measurements
200 x 157 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.30
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil-written rhyme and a pencil and watercolour illustration of a guinea pig walking in a street, wearing a coat and top hat. It is a continuation of rhyme HIL.R.34.29. This rhyme was included in the 1917 published edition. The sheet was slipped in between pages 42 and 43 of the dummy book. And his hat and coat buttons/ were very big! See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.29 and HIL.R.34.31 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer