In the Dollhouse: Margaret Alsager, Beethoven, and Victorian Girlhood
<p>This has to be one of the most unusual dollhouse artifacts I have ever seen.</p>
<p>You read me right. This rather unusual document is about a girl and her dollhouse.</p>
<p>Written on January 1, 1837, it is an <em>indenture</em>— or contract— between Mr. Thomas Massa Alsager, a journalist from Queen’s Square in London, and his eldest daughter, Margaret, who was then 12 years old. The indenture is unique in several ways, but to understand it, you must first understand Thomas Massa Alsager:</p>
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