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Description
21"(53 cm.) All cloth doll depicting a distinguished gentleman,having stitch-shaped features with
oil-painted complexion and facial features,shaded blue eyes,thick black upper eyeliner,thickly-
stitch-shaped brows,closed mouth with stitched hair moustache and wig,muslin body with
stitched-on argyle stockings,wearing black wool flannel suit with silk lapels,pique vest and
shirt,and leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent,hair a bit sparse. Comments: according to
research by Billie Nelson Tyrrell,the doll represents Maurice Barrymore (1849-1905),the patriarch
of the Barrymore acting family. Value Points: handsomely artistically executed features of the
distinguished gentleman.