A Wonderful Late 19thC French Carved & Polychrome Painted Doll; ‘Emile’ with Accompanying Photographs sub-Antiques or the corpse floating on

or the corpse floating on a reservoir of blood

Origin: French or Italian

the 20thC frame is more contemporary and thus is in good order whilst the painting

the whole on lyre shaped supports with further decoration of figures and flowers joined by a central stretcher on out-swept legs and cast brass paw feet and castors surviving from the first quarter of nineteenth century England

The life size artists study painted carved wood and gesso mannequin head model of a child with oriental features

A Wonderful Late 19thC French Carved & Polychrome Painted Doll; ‘Emile’ with Accompanying Photographs sub-Antiques or the corpse floating onOrigin: French Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 89 Height: 14 inches Width: 4 inches (at shoulders) The enchanting nineteenth century French carved and polychrome painted wood and composition doll named "Emile" with moveable head having glass eyes and presented in his original clothes comprising of tartan check suit with matching black waistcoat and black and white striped enamel buttons and silk black shoes presented