Prints of Tom Thumb and Basilio Huaylas, 1844 and n.d.

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Prints of Tom Thumb and Basilio Huaylas, 1844 and n.d.

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Two colored engravings and a pencil drawing of General Tom Thumb, the stage name of the dwarf Charles Sherwood Stratton, who achieved great fame in America and Europe under circus impresario P. T. Barnum, and one color engraving of the Peruvian giant, Basilio Huaylas.

4 drawings : color ; 35 cm. x 40 cm. and smaller.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145568

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

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Charles Stratton (1838-1883), stage name General Tom Thumb, was an American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the circus impresario P.T. Barnum. He was not quite five years old when Barnum hired him for his museum, but Barnum publicized him as General Tom Thumb, an 11-year-old dwarf from England. He quickly became a celebrated figure in the United States and abroad. In 1863 Stratton married Lavinia Warren (1841–1919)—another of Barnum’s performers...

Huaylas, Basilio

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