Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Turnbull, Stephanie

Title:

Nursery rhymes.

Published / Created:

[England?] : [Stephanie Turnbull], [2010]

Physical Description:

1 matchbox : color illustrations ; 4 x 6 x 2 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.T85 N87 2010 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Archives & Manuscripts

Notes:

Cover title.

Nursery rhyme on cover: "Handy Spandy, Jack a dandy, loves plum-cake and sugar-candy; He bought some at a grocer's shop, and out he came, hop-hop."

"A series of sixty - no. 11. Average 22 sticks. Made in Austria."--Cover.

"The nursery rhyme matchbox contains a mixture of found and handmade objects. The contents of the matchbox book are a direct response to the original nursery rhyme found on the cover."--Artist's statement.

Subject Terms:

Confectionery. | Nursery rhymes. | Artists' books -- Great Britain.

Form/Genre:

Artists' books. | Found objects. | Nursery rhymes. | Matchboxes.