Paper Doll
1832 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour painted on card |
| Brief description | Paper doll, watercolour on card, made by Anne Sanders Wilson, London, 1832 |
| Physical description | Paper doll, watercolour on card, in a day dress in the style of 1825-1829. |
| Credit line | Given by Gillian M. R. Winter |
| Object history | Two sets of slightly different paper dolls each with one hat and eight different outfits (T.361:1 to 20-1998). One is in the style of the late 1820s and the other early 1830s. The dolls and the manuscript (T.360:1 to 3-1998) were made for Mary Wilson by her sister Anne in October 1832. |
| Summary | 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. |
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| Accession number | T.361:1-1998 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2004 |
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