Girl & Doll Framed Print

FRAMED VICTORIAN-STYLE PRINT - LITTLE GIRL FEEDING HER DOLL IN A HIGH CHAIR, DOUBLE-MATTED IN A GOLD FRAME A sweet, well-presented framed print of a small girl in a long pinafore and green dress standing at a wooden high chair, feeding a bisque-head doll seated in it with a spoon, her back to the viewer and her long hair tied with a ribbon. The image is reproduced with a warm sepia and hand-tinted look and a pronounced crackle or craquelure surface texture that gives it the appearance of an old painting, and it is finished in soft muted tones of cream, sage green, and dusty rose. It is double matted, a deep burgundy inner mat with a wide cream outer mat, and framed in a slim gold molding with a thin green fillet line along the inner edge, under glass. Modest in size at roughly sixteen inches square, it makes an easy, universally appealing wall piece for a nursery, a child's room, a hallway, a sewing or craft room, or a doll collector's display, and it also shows well grouped with the other framed art offered in this sale. No artist name, title, or publisher information is legible in these photographs, so the artist and printing are not identified. Sold as one framed print. Description Framed reproduction print, sentimental Victorian-style genre subject, a young girl in a white eyelet pinafore over a green dress with high-button shoes, feeding a doll seated in a spindle-back wooden high chair. Image is printed with a heavy crackle or craquelure texture over the surface, so it reads as an aged painting reproduction rather than a photographic print. A faint mark that may be a signature appears along the lower right edge of the image, but it is illegible in these photographs, and no printed title, publisher line, edition number, or copyright notice is visible, so no artist, title, publisher, date, or edition is claimed. Double mat, deep burgundy or maroon inner mat with a cream or off-white outer mat, both cut with clean beveled openings. Frame is a slim stepped molding roughly one inch across in a warm antiqued gold finish with a fine dark green fillet line along the inner step, mitered corners, glazed under glass. Overall outside frame dimensions measure approximately 16 inches tall by roughly 16 inches wide per the tape-measure photographs, essentially square, with the visible image opening running roughly 8 to 9 inches wide by 10 to 11 inches tall. In both measuring photographs the tape hook rests on the face of the frame or on the carpet rather than hooked over a clean edge, and the piece lies flat on carpet at an angle to the camera, so all figures are close estimates. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. The back of the piece was not photographed, so backing, hanging hardware, framer or publisher labels, and any inscriptions on the verso are unknown. Buyers should assume hardware needs to be verified and should ask before bidding if the back matters to them. Attribution note Prints of this type, sentimental late-Victorian and Edwardian nursery and childhood subjects reproduced with a crackle-glazed painterly surface, were made in large numbers for the decorator market and are frequently found double matted in gold frames like this one. They were widely sold through framing shops, department stores, and home dcor retailers, and most examples carry no artist attribution on the face. Nothing in these photographs identifies the original artist, the publisher, or the printing date, and there is no basis here for calling this an original work, a signed piece, or a limited edition. Any suggestion of period or style is offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion and is not guaranteed. Bid on the item as pictured. Condition Used framed wall art in very good display condition, sold as-is. The mats appear clean and bright with square corners, the frame finish looks even, and the image is clear and unfaded in the photographs. Expect light dust, minor handling marks, and small nicks or rubs along the gold frame edges and at the mitered corners, which are visible as fine speckling and wear in the close-up photograph of the corner. Glass shows reflection and glare in every photograph, which conceals the condition of both the glass surface and the print beneath it; the glass was not confirmed to be free of chips or scratches. The crackle texture is part of the printed image and should not be mistaken for damage, but it also makes it difficult to see any actual scratch, crease, or abrasion on the print surface in photographs. Mat edges and the print margins behind the mat were not examined for toning, foxing, acid burn, or tape residue, which are common in older framing. The print was not removed from the frame and the verso was not examined. Photos are part of the description. Notes for bidders Clean the glass with a cloth dampened away from the frame rather than spraying cleaner near it, since liquid running under the glass will stain the mats and the print. Dust the gold molding