P.T. Barnum and General Tom Thumb

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Object Details

Attribution

Marcus Aurelius Root, 1808 - 1888

Samuel Root, 1819 - 1889

Sitter

P. T. Barnum, 5 Jul 1810 - 7 Apr 1891

Charles Sherwood Stratton, 4 Jan 1838 - 15 Jul 1883

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1850

Object number

NPG.93.154

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Half-plate daguerreotype

Dimensions

Image: 11.8 × 8.5 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/8")

Case Closed: 15.4 × 12.2 × 1.6 cm (6 1/16 × 4 13/16 × 5/8")

Case Open: 15.4 × 24.5 × 0.8 cm (6 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 5/16")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie

Interior\Studio

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat

Cased object

P. T. Barnum: Male

P. T. Barnum: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Showman

P. T. Barnum: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Circus owner

P. T. Barnum: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Museum Administrator

Charles Sherwood Stratton: Male

Charles Sherwood Stratton: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer

Charles Sherwood Stratton: Person with a disability\Person with dwarfism

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bb9ae691-7c97-4357-b0b1-c34dd665461c

Record ID

npg_NPG.93.154