This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2023
[LITTLE PEOPLE] Three Victorian Photo Albums Picturing Famous Dwarfs and Midgets, including Tom Thumb. 1860s – 90s. Trio of finely crafted ornately tooled gilt-edged photo albums with brass clasp closures, containing over 110 sepia tone carte de visites of famous little people of the era, primarily images of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, his wife, including scenes from their fabled wedding, and images with their child, as well as in the company of Commodore Nutt, with some images by Matthew Brady; and also picturing Che Mah, Lucia Zarate, Nellie Keeler, Ellie Keeler (both with the P.T. Barnum show), and others. A few images hand-tinted, and several with facsimile signatures of Thumb and Warren to their versos. In one image, Thumb poses next to P.T. Barnum. The largest album 8 x 6 ½”. One binding broken internally, else fine, with contents generally very good or better. An outstanding collection.