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 242235.33
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34 containing a pencil-written rhyme and two pencil illustrations, one of a hedgehog's face peering out from beneath a tree root, the other of a walking hedgehog. The sheet was slipped in between pages 52 and 53 of the dummy book. When the dew falls silently/ and stars begin to twinkle/ Underneath the hollow tree/ peeps poor Tiggy Winkle See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.32 and HIL.R.34.34 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer