Sujet

Visitors with General Tom Thumb at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Westminster, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Visitors with General Tom Thumb at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Westminster, 1844. Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), known by his stage name General Tom Thumb, was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. The Adelaide Gallery in London was also known as the National Gallery of Practical Science, Blending Instruction with Amusement.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_016

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

37.1Mo (3.1Mo) / 24.4cm x 38.1cm / 2879 x 4504 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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