Carte-de-visite portrait of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren
date: label: Date
content: 1880-1883
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: General Tom Thumb, American, 1838 - 1883
label: Subject of
content: Lavinia Warren, American, 1841 - 1919
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: Carte-de-visite of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren shown in full portrait. Both are standing and facing slightly toward each other looking off frame. Thumb is on the left facing side of the image and wears a dark three-piece suit, white shirt, dark bowtie, and has a pocket watch on a chain hanging from his vest button. He is balding and has a mustache and goatee. Warren wears a dark colored floral damask evening dress with a bustle and white lace trimming on her cuffs and skirt. She has on drop earrings and wears a short beaded necklace and a longer chain necklace with a cross at the end that hangs onto the front bodice of her dress. The couple are standing in an interior with a wooden floor and a painted backdrop resembling walls with ornate wainscoting.
label: Description
content: Handwritten in ink on the back of the photograph is the text "Jesse G. Bedl[?] / Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thum.
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in the lower left corner of the album page is the text "Jesse g Bedl[?]".
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Emily Howland Photograph Album
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.30.44
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 3/16 in. (9.2 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.3 cm)