Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews; A Creature of Never and Nowhere; Unique, 2023 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus 25” (all in ‘constructed’ form)

25” (all in ‘constructed’ form)

Originally taken from a ‘Dispensory of Laurentius Jobertus’ this ointment instructions read ‘take of the depurated juice of tobacco

Glasgow silversmiths The Ward Brothers produced jewellery from the nineteenth century and were originally based in Edinburgh and Glasgow

The figure is in stable overall order and appears to be unsigned

Never mariner

Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews; A Creature of Never and Nowhere; Unique, 2023 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus 25” (all in ‘constructed’ form)Origin: EnglishPeriod: 21stCProvenance: Direct from the Studio of Hannah Matthews; UniqueDate: c. 2023Height: 25Depth: 12Width: 12 (all at extremities)Ingredients:(1)Malaysian driftwood(2)Preserved Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)A10 number: A10: 23GBA10P2Y8KB(3) Triennium Philosophicum quod, P Andreas Semery Remus, e Societate Jesu, In Collegio Romano Philosophiae iterum Professor dictabat, Editio Novissma Annus Secundus, printed Venetiis 1723, Apud Josephum