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Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton)

A group of seven items advertising General Tom Thumb

Surrey Theatre ... Passion Week. [London]: Cranefield, [1857]. Printed playbill (377 x 124 mm). Printed in numerous typefaces, hand-dated in pen; chips to corners, two chips to margins, some smudging. Mounted on a sheet of paper. [With]: Newspaper clippings giving an account of Tom Thumb, Sinclair the Vent, and the Solvorama of the War with Russia at the Surrey Theatre, mounted on a sheet of paper. "Solvorama of the War with Russia" handwritten in black ink at head, some browning and stains. — Charles S Stratton known as General Tom Thumb. London: McGahey, [ca. 1845]. Lithograph print (296 x 226 mm). Large portrait of Tom Thumb at center, surrounded by border of vignettes depicting his character scenes, description at foot; some browning and smudging. — Barnum's Gallery of Wonders, No. 1. New York: N. Currier, 1849. Hand-colored lithograph (350 x 248 mm) after a daguerreotype by Plumbe. Large color portrait of Tom Thumb at center, surrounded by border of black and white vignettes depicting his character scenes and equipage; some finger-soiling to margins. Matted. — Young's Hall ... Return From Europe. New York: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, [after 1864]. Printed handbill (325 x 97 mm). Woodcut portrait of Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Commodore Nutt, and Minnie Warren, woodcut crow; chipped at left margin and foot, browned at head, a few spots. Mounted on glassine. — New Hall, Bumstead Place ... The General's Beautiful Equipage. Np, nd. Printed handbill (306 x 113 mm). Woodcut vignette depicting a miniature chariot at foot; old folds, short open tear to let margin, some spots, blue smudges to right margin. — Gen. Tom Thumb ... at the Prince of Wales' Bazaar. London: W. Brickhill, nd. Printed playbill (380 x 167 mm), Printed on yellow paper, large woodcut vignette depicting Tom Thumb and audience, small woodcut coat of arms to head; old folds, worn at margins with large chip to head not affecting print, small internal holes especially along folds. — The Man in Miniature ... Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. [London]: np, nd. Letterpress handbill (248 x 125 mm). Large woodcut vignette depicting Tom Thumb at center, type printed vertically and horizontally; three old folds, three stray spots.

Handsome playbills and lithographs depicting Stratton. Included among the playbills is one announcing Stratton and Lavinia Warren's return from three years abroad in Europe, where they toured after their marriage.

Sold as group lot, not subject to return.