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26" (66 cm.) x 20", framed. Sketched on parchment with hand-tinted watercolor details is the designer rendering of the birthday party costume worn by Shirley in the opening scenes of the 1935 film "The Littlest Rebel". The drawing includes background scenery as well as a beautifully rendered face and curly hair decorated with blue bows. The sketch is pencil identified as "5128" and "change #1". Included is a vintage photograph of Shirley wearing the final version of the costume. Circa 1935. Although unsigned, the artist was likely Gwen Wakeling, who designed the costumes for this and many other of the Shirley Temple films. Joining the Fox Studios in 1933, she headed the design studio for Temple films ranging from "Captain January" to "The Little Princess."