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24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks and throat, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with darker blue outer iris rims, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with tiny upturned corners of upper lip, separately-modeled applied ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 11 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882, from original sculpture by Carrier-Belleuse, the model known as Bebe Triste. Value Points: dainty-faced bebe with most lovely delicate complexion, artistic painting of lips and eye decorations, original early body and body finish, original pale blue silk dress, undergarments, bonnet, socks and shoes. Detailed elements of this costume are shown in The Jumeau Book, by Theimer/Theriault p. 393.