Fanny's First Flirtation - Dressed Paper Doll. Peterson's Magazine 1872

When researching the image an editor's note from Peterson's reads "This charming engraving, published in our February number, receives praise everywhere. The New Jersey Enterprise says, 'What a Frenchman would call, but what some of our juvenescent Americans translate 'the piece of resistance'.... A copper engraving cut-out from the February 1872 Peterson's Magazine that has been dressed in both paper and fabric. It is captioned "Fanny's First Flirtation". Sight view 7 3/8" x 6". Housed in period frame which measures 9" x 8" (Inventory #: 26013329)