THE RECEPTION COSTUME (title on reverse) (hat missing)
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS DRESSING SERIES. ARTISTIC SERIES V. PRINCE DARLING. PATENT NO. 23003
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On pages 41-45 they discuss this series. consists of four different sets, Artistic Series no. IV, V, VI and VII. Published in Britain and America. The American sets have four dresses and four hats each while the British ones have six dresses and six hats. The names of the sets are also different but the images and costumes are the same. The English sets have the names of the dolls/costumes on the backs.
THE RECEPTION COSTUME (title on reverse) (hat missing)
V
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purple cape with white and purple fasteners at neck, puffy decorative shoulders, lacy white cuffs, white top with two purple line trims, holds a letter in his right hand, left pant leg is white with a purple boot and right pant leg is purple with a white boot, hat is purple with two white large feather plumes, (hat missing) costume has attached neck to fit under head.
MARGUERITE MCDONALD
5 1/4 x 8 in. costume, 5 x 2 1/2 in. hat
