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Charles and Lavinia Stratton

Charles and Lavinia Stratton
Attribution
Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
Sitter
Charles Sherwood Stratton, 4 Jan 1838 - 15 Jul 1883
Lavinia Warren Stratton, 31 Oct 1841 - 25 Nov 1919
Date
c. 1860-70
Type
Photographic Negative
Medium
Glass plate collodion negative
Dimensions
Plate: 9.5 × 6.3 × 0.3 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 1/8")
Support Plate: 9.4 × 18.9 × 0.2 cm (3 11/16 × 7 7/16 × 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Costume\Footwear\Boots
Lavinia Warren Stratton: Female
Lavinia Warren Stratton: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
Lavinia Warren Stratton: Performing Arts\Performer
Lavinia Warren Stratton: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Charles Sherwood Stratton: Male
Charles Sherwood Stratton: Performing Arts\Performer
Charles Sherwood Stratton: Society and Social Change\Person with a Disability\Dwarfism
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.81.M3689.3
Collection Description
The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand Civil War-era portrait negatives from the Mathew Brady photography studio in New York City. The collection, which the National Portrait Gallery acquired in 1981, includes portraits of generals, politicians, diplomats, painters, and performers. It also contains depictions of “Human Curiosities” at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, that, although highly exploitative, help to document the historical representations of disability in the United States.
La Colección Frederick Hill Meserve contiene más de 5,000 negativos de retratos de la época de la Guerra Civil provenientes del estudio fotográfico de Mathew Brady en la ciudad de Nueva York. Adquirida por la National Portrait Gallery en 1981, la colección incluye retratos de militares, políticos, diplomáticos y artistas. También contiene imágenes de “curiosidades humanas” exhibidas en el American Museum de P.T. Barnum en Nueva York. Estas últimas, a pesar de su índole degradante, nos ayudan a documentar la representación histórica de las personas discapacitadas en EE.UU.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view