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20" (51 cm.) Bisque shoulderhead of slender-faced lady with uptilted chin, blue glass sleep eyes, lashes, heavily-modeled eyelids aquiline nose, closed mouth with center accent line, blonde mohair wig in upswept fashion over plaster pate, slender kid fashion body with pin-jointing at hips and knees, bisque forearms, brown silk costume, undergarments, shoes and socks. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 172 7. Comments: Kestner, circa 1905, the model was based on the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson whose series of drawings depicted the society lady of the early 1900s. Value Points: beautiful face, complexion, and painting, original wig and body; attached to the doll is a note reading: "Irene, Presented to the undersigned by Charles Dana Gibson in 1906 during his stay at his summer home, on Seven Hundred Acre Island, Dark Harbor, Maine", signed Hazel Witherspoon.