Jenny Nyström — Toddlers at Play: Doll Nursery Scene

In a soft oval vignette, a small girl in a white dress solemnly spoon-feeds her doll seated in a little chair — the baby nearby watching this early lesson in care. There is no Christmas, no season, no occasion: just the nursery at its quietest and most tender. Nyström's oval format holds the intimacy perfectly, as it does in her best child portraits. From the Jenny Nyström collection — a card for those who love the small theatre of early childhood, doll collectors, and postcrossers who favour nursery art.