An Early 20thC French Articulated Child Mannequin c.1910 sub-Mirrors & Lighting the American press needed someone

the American press needed someone to blame for the disaster

especially to the red ground

well cast of a young gentleman

These nests were collected just a couple of years prior to the Battle of Ladysmith which was one of the early engagements of the Second Boer War in South Africa

Height:  47 inches

An Early 20thC French Articulated Child Mannequin c.1910 sub-Mirrors & Lighting the American press needed someoneOrigin: French Period: Early 20th Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 Height: 31. 5 Width: 12 Depth: 8. 5 The wooden male child form having articulated upper arms, in maple being black painted, and a red painted torso with the original black leather shoes, and painted black socks, with a papier mch and pressed card torso, the whole surviving from early twentieth century France. The mannequin is complete aside from the hands which may or may not