FANNY FAIRLEIGH, (title on reverse)
MAIDENS FAIR SERIES, FANNY FAIRLEIGH
the doll is marked FANNY FAIRLEIGH, MAIDENS SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, followed by the Tuck easel and palette trademark, ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. PATD. FEB 20TH, 1894. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS CO. LTD. NEW YORK, LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN,TORONTO. DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN NEW YORK AND PRINTED IN GERMANY.. please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On page 155 they discuss this series.
FANNY FAIRLEIGH, (title on reverse)
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. she has long red hair with a purple headband, she wears a white undergarment slip with lace and purple ribbon, a large purple bow, stockings, and shoes, she holds a pink rose in her left hand and hides her right hand behind her back
4 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. doll