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26" (66 cm.) x 20" framed. Watercolor sketch on parchment depicts a costume designed for Virgie Carey (Shirley Temple) for the 1935 film "The Littlest Rebel"; in the film she wore this costume while singing "Polly Wolly Doodle All the Day" as she visits her father in the Yankee prison, and while visiting President Lincoln. The sketch is pencil labeled #5130, Change #4 and a fragment of the suggested fabric is attached. Circa 1935. The costume design was presented by Gwen Wakeling.