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Auction archive: Lot number 209

CDVs of Circus Performers Incl. Tom Thumb and Che-Mah, Plus Actors, Blind Man, and More

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$96
Auction archive: Lot number 209

CDVs of Circus Performers Incl. Tom Thumb and Che-Mah, Plus Actors, Blind Man, and More

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$96
Beschreibung:

Lot of 10 CDVs, including: 3 cartes of Barnum stars Gen. Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) and his wife Minnie Warren, including an uncredited portrait of the couple together and a portrait of each alone, published by C.D. Fredricks & Co., New York. Carte of Commodore Nutt and Lavinia Warren, also famous little people who performed with P.T. Barnum, published by E. & H.T. Anthony. Carte of Che-Mah, another little person who toured with Barnum's Circus and claimed the title of "Smallest Man in the World." Carte by Chas. Eisenmann, New York. Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876), famous stage actress, carte by Case & Getchell, Boston. Full-length portrait of an unidentified actor or actress in costume, published by C.D. Fredricks, New York. Headshot of an attractive female actress, uncredited. Vignette of a possible actress, with recto imprint "The Unknown." Portrait of a blind man with imprinted description on verso identifying him as L.D. Sine, who lost his sight due to an explosion of gunpowder in 1851 and works in the "Gift Enterprise" business in Cincinnati.

Auction archive: Lot number 209
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 10 CDVs, including: 3 cartes of Barnum stars Gen. Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton) and his wife Minnie Warren, including an uncredited portrait of the couple together and a portrait of each alone, published by C.D. Fredricks & Co., New York. Carte of Commodore Nutt and Lavinia Warren, also famous little people who performed with P.T. Barnum, published by E. & H.T. Anthony. Carte of Che-Mah, another little person who toured with Barnum's Circus and claimed the title of "Smallest Man in the World." Carte by Chas. Eisenmann, New York. Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876), famous stage actress, carte by Case & Getchell, Boston. Full-length portrait of an unidentified actor or actress in costume, published by C.D. Fredricks, New York. Headshot of an attractive female actress, uncredited. Vignette of a possible actress, with recto imprint "The Unknown." Portrait of a blind man with imprinted description on verso identifying him as L.D. Sine, who lost his sight due to an explosion of gunpowder in 1851 and works in the "Gift Enterprise" business in Cincinnati.

Auction archive: Lot number 209
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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