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Description: | The entire collection relates to the career of General Tom Thumb - Charles Sherwood Stratton who was 'discovered' by Phineas T. Barnum and first exhibited by him in his American Museum in New York in 1842. In 1844 he made his first appearance at the Princess's Theatre in London and on subsequently toured England and the continent. This collection includes music sheet covers, playbills, lithographs and photographs relating to the career of Tom Thumb.
Archive reference number: THM/225. (3 boxes); V&A Theatre Collections, | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Music sheet covers Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Lithographs Ephemera, e.g. tickets Photographs (portrait) Drawings | Subjects: | 1841-1919 M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia) Short; Short men Thumb 1810-1891 P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum 1838-1883 Tom Magri Circus performers - United States - 19th century; Stature | Temporal: | 1840-1889 19th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Shevelove, Burt | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Correspondence Music sheet covers Ephemera e.g. daybills & fliers Lithographs Ephemera, e.g. tickets Photographs (portrait) Drawings | Go to resource |
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