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THBParian Cast of Tom Thumb’s Hand.
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LiveNov 18, 2017 - Nov 19, 2017
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Parian Cast of Tom Thumb’s Hand. Circa 1847. White marble-like porcelain casting of the hand of Tom Thumb, P.T. Barnum’s most famous “tiny” associate. The wrist encircled by a brass band engraved with the text “General Tom Thumb. Aged 15 Years. 1847.” The base of the hand capped with a fancy engraved brass ornament with scalloped edges. Mounted to a heavy marble base containing an encased fragment of Thumb’s hair, and encased signature and inscription reading, “Charles S. Stratton/London Feb. 2nd 1847”. Fine condition. By the age of five, Stratton (1838 – 1883) had already embarked on his first tour of America, and by the time these casts were made in 1847 (when he was nine years old, as opposed to the 15 years stated on the brass engravings), he was an international celebrity. It was Stratton’s distant relative P.T. Barnum who trained him for the stage as a mimic, actor, and singer, and took him on the tours that made him famous. Thumb appeared in countless theatres, for royalty, and heads of state, and was the subject of innumerable news stories, books, and popular photographs. His wedding to Lavinia Warren was attended by some 10,000 well-wishers, and the couple was later received by Abraham Lincoln at the White House. When he died of a stroke at the age of 45, he was 3.35 feet tall and weighed 71 lbs. Some 20,000 people attended his funeral.
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