Photograph of Frances "Fannie" Barnum Thompson, the eldest of P. T. and Charity Barnum's grandchildren, and the daughter of Caroline Barnum and David Thompson. This studio portrait photo was taken when Fannie was a young girl, around 1860, perhaps when she was age 10. Her clothing mirrors the fashionable attire of adult women, such as the gown with wide skirt worn over a hoop and petticoats. Cloaks and capes were thus the popular form of outerwear since they accommodated the very full round skirts. Fannie's clothing reflects the wealth of her parents, as it is high quality, and the bonnet in particular is quite lavish in style and trimmings. Fannie is shown wearing a dark cloak trimmed with wide bands of black velvet ribbon and a dimensional trimming of some type along the outer edge. The cloak features a shoulder cape and very wide open sleeves, and is worn over a dress of a medium color. Her bonnet displays, among its various trimmings, a large dark velvet bow, wide, pale ribbon, and a white feather plume. The studio setting is a faux background, but includes an actual railing on which to rest an arm, thus steadying the pose for the image capture. The photograph was taken by Partridge photographer, corners of Main and Bank Streets, Bridgeport, CT. Barnum and his first wife Charity had a family of four daughters, with three surviving to adulthood: Caroline (b. 1833), Helen (b. 1840), and Pauline (b. 1846). Caroline married David W. Thompson on October 19, 1852. They had two children, Frances Barnum Thompson (Fannie) born December 27, 1853, and named after her paternal grandmother, Frances Thompson, and in 1865 a son whom they named after his famous grandfather. His name was Phineas Taylor Barnum Thompson. The boy died in 1868, almost three years of age, a tragic loss for the family. Fannie married William Leigh, and they had one daughter, Nancy. Frances Barnum Thompson Leigh died in 1939; she survived both her husband and their daughter.