• Home
  • Paper Doll Blog
  • Gallery
  • Philosophy
  • Links
19th Century Paper Dolls

Donkey goes to school ~ McLaughlin 1890s

9/9/2012

 
Picture
McLaughlin made some strange animal paper dolls in the 1890s (you can see some others if you click "animals" under the categories to the right. But this is probably the strangest I've come across.

I suppose it has charm; makes me wonder at all the creepy dolls and toys that are on the market today that 100 years from now people will wonder about the appeal.

Anyway, this is just one of those quick check-in posts to make sure I try to keep things going. Wanted to post about my current work-in-progress but I haven't worked up the courage for a reveal since it's still very unfinished.

I will say it's doll-related, but in a maybe unexpected way.

I will also say that I am still thinking of tearing down this site (and rebuilding ~ so no, it's not going to just go away). But it's lacked serious focus for more years than I care to acknowledge. I just haven't quite figured out what it is I want to do with it.

Buster

9/25/2011

 
Picture
Okay, I got a little distracted when I went back to my worktable. I was going to paint clothing, but then struck upon the idea that James and Emmie have a bloodhound named Buster and I thought: why not?

And look at how adorable he is! Could you resist?

I am sure Buster won't be the last of the pets and other various animals that appear throughout the story. It was fun painting him as the first.

You can expect more dogs, horses, some birds, and a cat or two eventually. 

Buster was born in 1850. At the start of Stain the Earth Red, he's already 10 years old.

    Paper Dolls Downloads

    The download gallery has been closed indefinitely. You can still see posts related to each character by clicking their name in the list under "Categories" below.

    Categories

    All
    1830s
    1840s
    1850s
    1860s
    1870s
    1880s
    1890s
    Amy
    Animals
    Antebellum
    Antique
    Art
    Blogs
    Books
    Civil War
    Collection
    Conventions
    Emmaline
    Ephemera
    Fashion Plates
    Film
    Frank Merriwell
    Gilded Age
    James
    Judy
    Lewis
    Morse
    Mourning
    Opdag
    Original
    Paper Doll Artists
    Photographica
    Razi-el
    Reconstruction

    Widget_logo

    Archives

    December 2012
    November 2012
    September 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    June 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    July 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    March 2009
    February 2009
    January 2009
    December 2008
    November 2008
    October 2008
    September 2008
    July 2008

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.