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Description
32" (81 cm.) x 20" frames. 15" and 26" dolls. Each has pressed composition head with textured finish, painted facial features, brunette mohair wig, stockinette padded body over wire armature, each doll wearing its original costume as portrayed in the original painting, and detachable mounted to framed oil-painted backgrounds. The dolls were inspired by oil paintings of Thomas Lawrence, Joshua Reynolds and Gainsborough, which appeared in a fantasy sequence of the 1935 film, "Curly Top". Excellent condition. The maker of the dolls and their backgrounds is unknown, but their time of origin is certain as the dolls do appear in a retrospective photograph of Shirley Temple's doll collection appearing in the 1945 book My Young Life.