26" (66 cm.) All-wooden doll with rounded head on elongated slender throat and shaped torso with bosom, tiny waist and block-cut lower torso, facial features centered in face, pupil-less black enamel eyes, dot-painted lashes around the entire eyes, thin brows, well-shaped prominent nose, tiny closed mouth with center line, blush spots on cheeks, brunette human hair, cloth upper shoulder attachments, one piece wooden arms with carved separated fingers, simply carved dowel jointed legs, authentically re-costumed many years ago in antique fabrics by Nellie Perkins. Condition: generally excellent albeit with early paint restoration. Comments: England, mid-18th century, the style known as "Queen Anne" doll. Value Points: fine large model of early wooden doll with regal yet gentle bearing and expression, being sold from the estate collection of the late Madeline Merrill, doll researcher and author of The Art of Dolls, 1700-1945.