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"'Isaiah' – what a funny name for a teddy bear!"
"Well, you see one eye's 'igher than the other."

— Donald McGill

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Source: Exhibited as part of the Michael Winner collection of McGill designs at the Chris Beetles Gallery, March 14 to April 8, 2006.
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