Somebody's Luggage (Miniature Wedding Album of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren), c. 1863. Mathew Brady (American, 1823-1896). Brass photographic locket with 12 miniature albumen prints; overall: 2.7 x 2 x 1 cm (1 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.); each: 2.3 x 2 cm (7/8 x 13/16 in.). This deluxe commercial souvenir commemorates the marriage of General” Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Lavinia Warren, performers at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum. Thumb was such a celebrity that the wedding pushed the Civil War off newspapers’ front pages for days. Cartes-de-visite of the wedding sold in the thousands; Brady even licensed the image to lithographers and other photographers. In one image, Lavinia holds a baby who was borrowed for the photo shoot to suggest her domestic skills. The locket is shaped like a miniature suitcase bearing the words Somebody’s Luggage,” the title of an 1862 story by Charles Dickens.

Brand: PL Photography Limited
SKU: 6145-29090013
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Somebody's Luggage (Miniature Wedding Album of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren), c. 1863. Mathew Brady (American, 1823-1896). Brass photographic locket with 12 miniature albumen prints; overall: 2.7 x 2 x 1 cm (1 1/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.); each: 2.3 x 2 cm (7/8 x 13/16 in.). This deluxe commercial souvenir commemorates the marriage of General” Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Lavinia Warren, performers at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum. Thumb was such a celebrity that the wedding pushed the Civil War off newspapers’ front pages for days. Cartes-de-visite of the wedding sold in the thousands; Brady even licensed the image to lithographers and other photographers. In one image, Lavinia holds a baby who was borrowed for the photo shoot to suggest her domestic skills. The locket is shaped like a miniature suitcase bearing the words Somebody’s Luggage,” the title of an 1862 story by Charles Dickens.

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