Studio unknown (Bridgeport, Ct.?) Lavinia and Tom Thumb, seated; "dwarfed" by black servant who stands, holding tray. Carte de visite

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Description

Title: Studio unknown (Bridgeport, Ct.?) Lavinia and Tom Thumb, seated; "dwarfed" by black servant who stands, holding tray. Carte de visite
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1875
Description: Stamped recto, below image: "At Home." Possibly photograph after an engraving or lithograph. Verso, in pencil: "Mr. + Mrs. Tom Thumb."
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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    THIS ITEM Studio unknown (Bridgeport, Ct.?) Lavinia and Tom Thumb, seated; "dwarfed" by black servant who stands, holding tray. Carte de visite

Container / Volume

Box 11, folder 446

Access: Public
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Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.