Artifacts
Files
Download Full Text (1.3 MB)
Description
The carte de visite features a standing portrait of Charles Sherwood Stratton (stage name General Tom Thumb) and Lavinia Warren. Stratton and Warren were performers in P. T. Barnum's circus.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
n.d.
Measurement
3 5/8 X 2 3/8 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
paper (fiber product); albumen process
Inscription
verso, inscribed at top: [3.50]
Subjects
Carte de visite photographs; Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), 1841-1919; Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883
Work Type
albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Class
CDVs
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
887
Digital ID
FVW_00887
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.