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
- 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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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 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: Performing Arts\Performer\Showman
- P. T. Barnum: Performing Arts\Circus owner
- P. T. Barnum: Society and Social Change\Administrator\Cultural organization administrator\Museum
- Charles Sherwood Stratton: Male
- Charles Sherwood Stratton: Performing Arts\Performer
- Charles Sherwood Stratton: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.93.154
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bb9ae691-7c97-4357-b0b1-c34dd665461c
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