Title

The Fairy Wedding Group

Creator

E. and H. T. Anthony
Mathew Brady

Files

Creator Role

publisher photographer

Description

The carte de visite features a portrait from the wedding of Charles Sherwood Stratton (stage name General Tom Thumb) and Lavinia Warren. In the portrait, Stratton and Warren stand at the center of the image. To Stratton's proper right stands George Washington Morrison Nutt (stage name Commodore Nutt), and to Warren's proper left stands Minnie Warren. The four were performers in P. T. Barnum's circus.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1863

Measurement

2 3/8 X 4 inches

Inscription

recto, at right of print: The Fairy Wedding Group. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by M. B. Brady in the / Clerk's Office of the District Court for the So. District of New York. verso, inscribed at top: Compliments of / Charles S. Stratton / Compliments of / Lavinia Warren Stratton. / G. W. M Nutt / Minnie Warren verso, backmark: Published by / E. & H. T. ANTHONY, / 501 Broadway, / New York. / EA / FROM / PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE / in / BRADY'S / National Portrait Gallery / From / Photographic Negative / By / BRADY

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Magri, M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia), Nutt, Commodore, 1848-1881; 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

888

Digital ID

FVW_00888

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.