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The History of Miss Wildfire

Manuscript and Two Covers
October 1832 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Manuscript and two covers originally bound with pink silk ribbon (now shattered, almost completely disintegrated). Cardboard covers embossed with frames and calligraphic script in frames. Manuscript comprises of sewn together pages with a hand-written story told in rhyme. Paper, cardboard and ink.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Manuscript Front Cover
  • Manuscript Back Cover
  • Manuscript Text
TitleThe History of Miss Wildfire (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Paper, cardboard and ink
Brief description
Manuscript and two covers in paper and cardboard, writted by Anne Sanders Wilson, Great Britain, October 1832
Physical description
Manuscript and two covers originally bound with pink silk ribbon (now shattered, almost completely disintegrated). Cardboard covers embossed with frames and calligraphic script in frames. Manuscript comprises of sewn together pages with a hand-written story told in rhyme. Paper, cardboard and ink.
Dimensions
  • Covers width: 21cm
  • Covers height: 24.4cm
  • Manuscript pages width: 19cm
  • Manuscript pages height: 23.5cm
  • Manuscript pages when spread width: 37.5cm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Gillian M. R. Winter
Object history
This manuscript was handwritten for Mary Wilson by her sister Anne Sanders Wilson, 1832. A group of handmade paper dolls, T.361:1 to 20-1998, were also made to illustrate the story.
Collection
Accession number
T.360:1 to 3-1998

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Record createdJuly 31, 2007
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