An album that was once the property of Tom Thumb's personal valet, B.J. Sellers, containing 15 cdvs, most with either E. & H.T. Anthony or Charles D. Fredericks & Co. backmarks. The album features 2 wedding portraits of Charles S. Stratton (a.k.a. Tom Thumb) and Lavinia Warren Stratton, one of the actual ceremony and one of the wedding party, which includes Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren, with their facsimile signatures on verso; plus 2 additional portraits of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren as a couple and playing cards with Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren, with facsimile signatures on verso; 2 composite photographs of the famous little couple; 1 image of Tom Thumb standing beside the Giant; 4 individual portraits of Lavinia Warren; 1 individual portrait of Minnie Warren signed on verso; 1 portrait of Commodore Nutt with Minnie Warren, facsimile signatures on verso; 1 portrait of a disappointed Commodore Nutt; and a portrait of P.T. Barnum.
Property of Tom Thumb's Personal Valet, B. Sellers
Condition: Even toning to cartes; album pages no longer attached to binding.