The Fairy Wedding Group General Tom Thumb CDV Published by E & H. T. Anthony with Publishers Blind Stamps 1860s

The Fairy Wedding Group General Tom Thumb CDV Published by E & H. T. Anthony with publisher's blind stamps on lower margins. 

The Great Publicity Stunt perpetrated by PT Barnum, The Wedding of General Tom Thumb. 

Charles Stratton, AKA General Tom Thumb, was a star of the P.T. Barnum sideshow and performer from the 1840s to the late 1870s.

"In 1863, he married another dwarf, Lavinia Warren (Mrs. Charles Sherwood Stratton; Mercy Lavinia Stratton. Born Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump). His best man was George W.M. Nutt, a fellow dwarf and performer in Barnum’s circus, and Lavinia’s bridesmaid was her younger sister, Minnie, also a dwarf. The event was dubbed “The Fairy Wedding” and was the social event of the year. Two thousand guests packed Grace Episcopal Church in Manhattan. After the wedding, Charles and Lavinia went to Washington where they were received by President Lincoln."
On the visit to DC, the small wedding party posed for Matthew Brady who went on to sell CDVs of the photo as souvenirs of the wedding through his publisher, E. & H.T. Anthony.
This is one of the E. & H.T. Anthony productions, with the variation of the printing on the right, some are printed on the left. 

Medium: CDV with blind stamps of publisher
Back has printed salutations of "Compliments of Charles S. Stratton Compliments of Sophia Warren Stratton" 
Condition: Very fine with light fade to the image. The back has small abrasion in the middle. Light bumps to the edges from storage but very minor. Please see the images for more details. 

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