The cuckoo clock
Book
1902 (published)
1902 (published)
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Colour wood engraved illustrated book. 126 pages.
Object details
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| Title | The cuckoo clock (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed wood engraved illustrated book |
| Brief description | Book, The cuckoo clock, by Mrs Molesworth; illustrated by Walter Crane, London (St. Martin's Street, W.C.): Macmillan and Co., 1902. Accession number, Duke Collection: AAD/2006/4/54. |
| Physical description | Colour wood engraved illustrated book. 126 pages. |
| Credit line | Given by Joan Duke |
| Object history | Inscribed on p. 126: 'Read aloud to dear Tat [i.e. Catharine Owen] & [?] / February 28 1903 / And how in the world such a dull book / got itself through so many editions I was / [dulled?] at every page'. Later inscription in pencil: 'Yet now it looks to me a very pretty book / March 1 1916. My dear Tat & [?] both gone / & the old Cuckoo Clock (which [?] so loved) lives on / in this big house [Belmount Hall] which is very like the one on the title page'. Library's copy inscribed on upper cover: 'Betty [i.e. Rebekah] Owen / Belmount Hall / 17 February. 1903.' Library's copy previously owned by Beatrix Potter and donated to the Library by Joan Duke in October 2006. |
| Other number | AAD/2006/4/54 - V&A Archive number |
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| Library number | 38041005058896 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2021 |
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