The Little Folk’s Farmyard (1905.10.57)

Ernest Nister (1841–1906) printed and published movable books for children, developing some of the techniques used in the design of ‘magic windows’ and pop-up books. He worked in Nuremberg, a toy-making centre in the nineteenth century. In addition to the German books, an English version was produced for Nister’s London office. This set of eighteen stand-up characters in a farmyard provides an idealised vision of the countryside at a time when urbanisation was becoming prevalent.