Record ID
253362
Accession number
Morgan
Creator
Weckerlin, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1821-1910.
Biographical Data
French folklorist, bibliographer, and composer.
Object title
Mignonette : manuscript in the hand of Alice Liddell, 1879 Apr. 19.
Uniform title
Si j'étais fleur des bois
Date
1879 Apr. 19.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. 1987.
Provenance
Alice Liddell Hargreaves (her sale); from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Mignonette Wekerlin." At the end: "April 19th 1879."
Notes
Manuscript of the song for voice and piano in the hand of Alice Liddell.
First words of text: Si j'étais fleur des bois.
First words of text: Si j'étais fleur des bois.
Associated names
Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, 1852-1934, copyist.
Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990, former owner.
Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990, former owner.
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