Doll's clothes, doll's chemise

Doll's ankle-length linen chemise with V-neck at front. Elbow-length sleeves are gathered into the armhole and at the end into a narrow cuff. Triangular sections beginning around hip level to create more fullness.

Chemise is worn by doll 27.76a, which has been known as 'The Queen of Denmark' since the 1820s and she is believed to have been given by an English princess to Elizabeth (b.1748), the middle daughter of Thomas Sampson, at one time chaplain of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Sampson was certainly acquainted with the royal family as in 1759 the future George lll acted as godfather to his youngest son. It is possible that the princess who gave the doll was George lll's sister Caroline Matilda (1751 -75) who married Christian Vll, King of Denmark in 1766.