The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 4423

Portrait of a seated man and boy on table, possibly the entertainer General Tom Thumb

Object details

Image size: h 16.2cm x w 13.3cm

Paper size: h 23.1cm x w 18.7cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: corners of the negative clipped

Inscription: I.HW. [intensified by Harold White]

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (LA936; 00848)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 2(466)

Collection: Talbot Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 4423

Portrait of a seated man and boy on table, possibly the entertainer General Tom Thumb

The boy on the table may be Charles Stratton (General Tom Thumb) - the 19th century American entertainer with dwarfism. If so, the photograph could either have been taken during his tour of England in 1844; otherwise it may have been taken by the American promoters of the calotype; the Langenheim brothers or Edward Anthony.