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Description
19" (48 cm.) All cloth doll with flat-dimensional face and gusset-
jointed side seams in the manner of Columbian dolls,painted short
curly hair with shaded brown-to-blonde,painted complexion,blue
eyes with pronounced white eyedots,red and black upper
eyeliner,feathered brows,outlined nose,closed mouth with shaded
lips having upturned lip corners,muslin body with stitch-jointing
at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,stitched-together fingers.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American,late 19th
century,the construction in the manner of Emma Adams Columbian
Doll,yet with variation of painting. Value Points: exceptional
beauty of the painting is worthy of comparison to folk oil
portrait paintings in the manner of William Matthew Prior; the
doll wears original costume.