Miniature fan with 'Tom thumb' photographs

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
c. 1863 in unknown place

Miniature fan, 5cm long in pinchback. Opens with 4 leaves of photographs with 2 end panels with decorative design. Miniature albumen prints 1.5 x 1cm reductions from CDV pictures of GeneralTom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and family. 8 pictures in 4 pairs behind oval masks.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1827
Materials:
paper, albumen and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall (open): 50 mm x 85 mm x 2 mm, 8 g
type:
fan and photograph frame
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford