- C. Capelli
- Nathaniel Currier
- General Tom Thumb, c. 1843
- Pochoir-colored lithograph
- Signature: Recto, lower left corner (beneath plate): 'N. Currier, Lith.' Recto, lower right (within plate): 'C. Capelli F.'
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Portrait of Tom Thumb posed next to a full-sized man. At the time, Tom Thumb’s birth year was marketed by P.T. Barnum as 1832, which places the print date at 1843. Charles Stratton’s actual birth year was 1838, which makes him five years old in the print, rather than eleven.
- Subject Matter: Circus, portrait
- Collections: Sold Items
