Brief description: Statuette of Dolly Varden and Joe Willet, 1870s
Label: This statuette titled "Joe's Farewell" depicts Dolly Varden and Joe Willet, characters from Barnaby Rudge, as Joe says goodbye to Dolly by the forge in her father's workshop. It was designed by Daniel Chester French, a famous American sculptor best known for the statue of Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial.
Collection: Object
Object number: DH218
Object type: ornament
Production person: French, D. C.
Inscription content: DOLLY VARDEN AND JOE WILLET
JOE'S FAREWELL

D.C.FRENCH
Inscription description: First two lines are in the middle of the base on the front. the last line of the inscription is on the right hand side of the back of the base.

Statuette of Dolly Varden and Joe Willet, 1870s