Taltos by Anne Rice

It is nearly Halloween; here is a post from one of my favorite authors, who also happens to like dolls. We have books and dolls from her former collections in The Museum: “When you loved dolls and studied them, you started to love all kinds of people too, because you saw the virtue in their expressions, how carefully they had been sculpted, the parts contrived to create the triumph of this or that remarkable face.” Anne Rice, Taltos. The doll pictured is an artist's reproduction from Dr. E's Doll Museum representing the Long Faced or so-called Cody Jumeau, allegedly modeled after a French King's portrait, done at age 4.