Mid-Century Dolls of Madame Alexander - The Judith Spencer Merrill Collection- April 9, 2022 Antique Doll Houses Rosalie Whyel spent her collecting

Rosalie Whyel spent her collecting years in the advocacy of the doll as an art form

just as she also admired the historic preservation work of naturalist John Muir

Rare English wood dolls

she was a traditionalist

Also featured are American dolls like early Volland Raggedy Anns and rare Schoenhut dolls

Mid-Century Dolls of Madame Alexander - The Judith Spencer Merrill Collection- April 9, 2022 Antique Doll Houses Rosalie Whyel spent her collectingApril 9, 2022 in Annapolis, Maryland The Madame Alexander Collection of Judith Merrill of Dallas, Texas. From 1954, the very first time that she spotted a Wendy kins doll the young Texas girl was enchanted with Madame Alexander. Today, the enchantment encompasses nearly a thousand of these rare 1950s models. Her collection is remarkable, focusing significantly on the child doll, Wendy Kins, but also encompassing the beloved Cissy doll, Elise, Lissy