Paper doll fashions issued by the Sunday Times-Herald Chicago: History and Collection Facts

Catalogue description

Print shows half-length cutout figures for Sir Walter Raleigh, Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth, and Rob Roy, along with a corresponding cutout outfit for each, as issued by the Sunday Times-Herald, Chicago.

Collection details

• Catalogue date: [1895]
• Original format: Photo, print, drawing
• Medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 23.3 x 40.6 cm.
• Genre: Cutouts--1890-1900; Chromolithographs--Color--1890-1900
• Language: English
• Collection: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress)
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
• Call number: PGA - Shober & Carqueville--Paper doll fashions ... (B size) [P&P]
• Catalogue subjects: Paper dolls--1890-1900; Mary,--Queen of Scots,--1542-1587; Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England,--1533-1603; Raleigh, Walter,--Sir,--1552?-1618; Rob Roy,--1671-1734
• Named contributors: Shober & Carqueville.

Catalogue notes

• Stamped multiple times on print: Library of Congress. Washington. Copyright Mar 25 1895.
• Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
• Caption: Cut out with a sharp scissors on outside line. Fold on dotted lines on shoulders.
• Publication date based on copyright stamp on item.
• Copyright stamps, date, and numbers appear on or near each figure.
• Copyright numbers: AA16810 (Fig. 50 - Rob Roy's outfit), AA16815 (Fig. 50 - Rob Roy); AA16816 (Fig. 51 - Queen Elizabeth), AA16817 (Fig. 51 - Elizabeth's outfit); AA16814 (Fig. 49 - Mary, Queen of Scots), AA16813 (Fig. 49 - Mary's outfit); AA16811 (Fig. 48 - Walter Raleigh's outfit).

Sources and reuse

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