I have a 1920's print that belonged to my mother's cousin.

The title of the print is Alice Blue Gown, printed in the U.S.A. copywrite K Co Inc, Sendix Paper Company N.Y. The young lady wears a skirt which is the same shade as her eyes - Alice blue. Her buttery yellow shawl also has flowers of the same blue. Her hair is pinned up loosely around her ears, so it was either painted in the early 20's or she was still at school. It's one of my favourite pictures.

Another Alice story - she hated teddy bears!! Legend has it that teddy bears were named after her father, but I won't go into the legends of the origins of teddy bears in 1902, however he did use them in his campaigning. One persistant legend was that Alice had bears decorating her wedding, but she very emphaically told a bear collector near the end of her life that this was not true & she hated them.

Imagine someone hating teddies.

sandra (collector & maker of teddies)