Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Measurements
179 x 130 mm; 1 sheet (Extent)
Order this imageCollection
Beatrix Potter Gallery, Cumbria
NT 242235.46
Summary
Loose sheet from the manuscript dummy HIL.R.34, containing a pencil drawing of a closed door in a tree trunk, with trees in the background. This is the door which appears in the illustration of the Pen Inn in Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, see HIL.RP.3. The sheet was slipped in between pages 82 and 83 of the dummy book. See also HIL.R.34, the dummy book; HIL.R.34.1 - HIL.R.34.45 and HIL.R.34.47 - HIL.R.34.49, further rhymes and illustrations.
Makers and roles
Beatrix Potter (London 1866 - Near Sawrey, Cumbria 1943), writer