Lady Harriet Hartley in her Hat and Hair on her Head

            Lady Harriet Hartley hunts hesitantly for a hedgehog through a hedge on her Hereford estate, careful not to let the branches ensnare her hair or hat, or scratch her delicate hands and face.  Why?  Well, that I cannot tell you.  You had best as her yourself.

The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 24th of May is “here is the H”, a theme where it is required to take a photo where something beginning with the letter H should be the main subject of the picture.  In this case, I have managed to capture a few items that begin with the letter H.  Lady Harriet Hartley wears a lovely Nell Gynne hat (the first H) in a most becoming shade of mauve.  Her hair (the second H) is set in a stylish coiffure and she holds her hands (the third H) to her chest as she walks.  One could also identify that her head (a fourth H) is the main focus of our attention.  Lady Harriet Hartley is also a half-doll (another potential H, although I am not counting it because it hyphenated).   I think that makes this photo perfect for the theme!  I do hope you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile!

The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs.  These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner.  Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan.  They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers.  In this case, my beautifully hand painted German half-doll with her Seventeenth Century style dress and floppy Nell Gwynne picture hat, would have been made for a lady’s boudoir.  She is one of my larger half-dolls and nine centimetres in height, so I imagine she would have probably been a topper for a jewellery box, brush or pincushion.

Taken on: May 10, 2025

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Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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