A Rare Ventriloquist’s Dummy By Alfred LeMare c.1900 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The large sized lithograph mounted

The large sized lithograph mounted on linen canvas with lacquered wooden dowels

the plank seat also showing an exceptional patination

This would have been boxed with the patent by DRGM of West Germany and there was another variation being the Sambo Clown

and water birds

but painted historical and marine subjects

A Rare Ventriloquist’s Dummy By Alfred LeMare c.1900 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The large sized lithograph mountedOrigin: EnglishPeriod: EdwardianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 10Height: 53Depth: 6 (at face)Width (Shoulder to Shoulder): 14The turn of the century period male vent figure by Alfred LeMare, of particularly large proportions and in 100% original condition, with five operating mechanisms to animate the lips, mouth, and eyes, with defunct ear smoker squirter, the head stick travelling to the bottom board of the body, in the original black formal suit