THE BRIDEGROOM WITH SUITS AND HATS, NO 2, (title on box)
THE BRIDAL PARTY SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, NO 2, THE BRIDEGROOM WITH SUITS AND HATS
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On pages 55, 56, 70, and 75 they discuss this series. Comprised of four sets titled,-THE BRIDE, ARTISTIC SERIES 600, THE BRIDEGROOM, ARTISTIC SERIES 601, THE MAID OF HONOR, ARTISTIC SERIES 602, and THE BRIDESMAID, ARTISTIC SERIES 603. Also discussed in the book A BIT OF BRUNDAGE on page 107 and 108 and confirmed to be done by the artist FRANCES BRUNDAGE. Each figure has four costumes with matching hats. marked on reverse with the easel and palette RTS trademark symbol, BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT, PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD., LONDON, PARIS, NEW-YORK. ARTISTIC SERIES NO.601. US PATENT FEBRUARY 20TH 1894 BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO.LTD. NEW-YORK.
THE BRIDEGROOM WITH SUITS AND HATS, NO 2, (title on box)
601
doll, head separate but "attached at a proper angle, onto an elongated neck, space being left under the chin to slip on the separate costume which also came with a neck long enough to allow this manipulation" page 70 of PAPER DOLLS A GUIDE TO COSTUME BY CLARA HALLARD FAWCETT, 1951. he has short brown hair and wears a tight fitting white shirt with high collar and small blue bow at neck, blue pants with a brown belt and brown shoes. his left arm hangs down beside him with his hand hidden behind, his right arm hangs with his right hand tucked in the pants pocket
FRANCES BRUNDAGE
3 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. doll