Small Izannah Walker Cloth Child

Description:

Small Izannah Walker Cloth Child, Rhode Island, c. 1860, oil painted stockinet head and shoulders, hand-painted features including brown eyes, wispy brown hair with fine brush strokes, applied ears, pink cheek blush and painted closed mouth, muslin body with oil painted arms and legs with bare feet, wearing handmade cotton dress with frail silk blue and white check trim, brown leather shoes, ht. 14 in., (very good, with minor spots of thinning of varnish to face).
Estimate $10,000-15,000

very good; blacklighting shows minor spots of thinning of varnish to face.

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