The History of Miss Wildfire
Manuscript and Two Covers
October 1832 (made)
October 1832 (made)
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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.
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Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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Title | The 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. |
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Production type | Unique |
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. |
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Accession number | T.360:1 to 3-1998 |
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Record created | July 31, 2007 |
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