Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Doll on Stand
Object Number:
1945.316
Date:
1914-1920
Medium:
Textile, paint, paper, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 10 x 2 1/2 in. ( 36.8 x 25.4 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
written: in ink on tag sewn to front: "Lily Pons" [signature]
woven: into tag sewn to slip: "VIVE/ LA/ FRANCE/ AMERICAN-FRENCH/ WAR RELIEF INC."
Description:
Cloth doll with molded painted face and brown hair; blue textile hat with red tassle, red and blue dress with brass buttons, white shoes with black buttons; carrying blue and red ribbon and cardboard drum; paper tag sewn to front.
Gallery Label:
According accession records, this doll is titled "Lily Pons as Daughter of Regiment."
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
