#103

Teddy Roosevelt, Mississippi Bear Hunt
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$2,300
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Description

15". Pressed felt character head depicting Teddy Roosevelt, painted facial features includes blue eyes, thick fringed brows, shaded beard, open mouth with painted rows of teeth, with mohair flocked brunette hair and thick moustache, chubby torso, jointed elongated arms and jointed legs, wearing black felt shirt, light grey jacket with belt and pockets, tan felt trousers fitted to his fat belly, grey spats, brown leather shoes, green felt hat, spectacles, ammunition belt with brass bullets, felt applique neck scarf, and clasping a little brown alpaca bear cub with jointed limbs and side-glancing eyes, and a wooden and leather rifle that is a replica of the one owned by TR. He has paper label "Teddy Roosevelt Mississippi Bear Hunt, #148/500, R. John Wright Doll" and is in original box with certificate of authenticity. The doll is the first historical portrait doll by R. John Wright Dolls and was released in 2002 in an edition of 500.