Share your best theories about this strange 19th century photograph of a grown man feeding a doll
Categories: Curiosities, Strange Photographs, Unsettling Things • Tags: 19th century, bizarre, creepy, doll, photography
The story behind a saucy self-portrait from 1828 by Sarah Goodridge
Categories: Curiosities, Historical Art • Tags: 19th century, breasts, erotic, female artists, paintings, sex
This very rare doll from the early nineteenth century demonstrates a very innovative design for its day: a wheel of legs which allow the doll to ‘walk’ when it is pushed across the floor. The doll would have originally been costumed in a long dress to hide the leg mechanism, so only two walking feet would have shown at a time. The value of this remarkable hand-carved doll, with its enamel eyes, coiled chignon, jointed arms and delicately painted features, […]
Categories: history, Ideas • Tags: 19th century, body, doll, figurine, history, rare, toy, walking
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