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Marriage of Tom Thumb

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Description

Series of six cartes-de-visite size engravings of portraits and scenes from the February 10, 1863 New York City marriage of P.T. Barnum's dwarf entertainers Charles Stratton, known as Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren. Includes: the ceremony; the couple; the attendants, fellow dwarf entertainers Commodore Nutt, and Lavinia's sister, Minnie Warren; the "Reception"; the following morning "At Home" with the couple attended by an African American servant; and a "Promenade" down Broadway. The wedding, paid for and heavily promoted by Barnum, attracted the social and politcal elite of New York.; Series numbers and captions handwritten on verso.; Manuscript note on recto of five of the series: Mr. & Mrs. Stratton.; Possibly after Mathew B. Brady.

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