Doll
- Object Name:
- Doll
- Object ID:
- 2004.058.03
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Girl doll, "Clara." Cloth body. Wearing cotton dress with floral print, petticoats, and pantalettes. Hand-painted face and hair. With note written by Frances Dudley Shepard: "Her name is Clara. I think she may have come from 16 Beacon Street. There was a Clara Farwell who died early, born in 1846, but lived only 2 years."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-11 D-3 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by the Farwell family of Boston. From the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
NHHS has a portrait of Clara Walker Farwell (1846-1848), 1970.003.03. She was the daughter of Abel Goodrich Farwell and Sarah Walker Bartlett Farwell of Boston. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- Subjects:
- Dolls
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