Image of a central image of full-length portraits of dwarf children Cassie Foster and Victoria Foster in formal dress standing next to a piano, and surrounded by five vignettes of the sisters sitting on a miniature couch and standing on a full-sized chair, and performing in costume as two sailors on a boat, kissing as fairies amid flowers and grass, and standing outdoors in Celtic outfits including kilts, with a top center vignette of a fairy-like woman with arms outstretched. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1873 by J. F. Pickering in the office of the librarian of Congress at Washington."--text, bottom center margin around circular vignette. "A. Briggs Del. 1872"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom left of image. "Lith. by Clear & Co."--text, bottom left margin. "99 Court St. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Cassie. / Now 10 years old, weighs only 12 pounds."--text, bottom left margin. "Victoria. / Now 3 years old, weighs only 6 pounds."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 60.96 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
Foster, Cassie, 1865-1875--Portraits Foster, Victoria, 1871-1874--Portraits Curiosities and wonders--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Dwarfs--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Group portraits. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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