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Paper doll's head

Sanders Wilson, Anne1832

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

These remarkable paper dolls illustrate fashionable, fancy, working class and occupational dress from the second half of the 1820s to the early 1830s. They complement a manuscript (T.360-1998), '>The History of Miss Wildfire'. This morality tale charts through the paper dolls the downfall of a 'fashion-stricken' young lady. After the death of her father, Miss Wildfire descends into poverty and is forced to earn her keep as a lacemaker. In the end she is 'redeemed' through marriage and conversion to Quakerism. The manuscript and presumably the dolls were given to Mary Wilson (1811-73) 'from her affectionate sister' Anne Sanders Wilson in October 1832.

Details

  • Title: Paper doll's head
  • Creator: Sanders Wilson, Anne
  • Date Created: 1832
  • Location: London
  • Provenance: Given by Gillian M. R. Winter
  • Medium: Watercolour painted on card

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