Newspaper: Cover illustration of New York Illustrated and article, featuring the Fairy Wedding, February 21, 1863
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http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:3401
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Creator (cre): Harper's Weekly
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Newspaper: Cover illustration of New York Illustrated and article, featuring the Fairy Wedding, February 21, 1863
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Cover of the news magazine New York Illustrated dated February 21, 1863, along with article featuring the recent marriage of Charles S. Stratton, better known as "General Tom Thumb" to Mercy Lavinia Warren. The couple wed amidst great fanfare on February 10, 1863 in a highly publicized event that P. T. Barnum promoted as the Fairy Wedding. The name was given due to the short stature of the bridal pair and their attendants. The cover illustration features the couple standing together, arm in arm. Stratton wears a suit with a light color vest and a dark bowtie, and Warren wears a lace-covered gown with full skirt, a bridal wreath in her hair and a long lace veil. Behind them is a high-back chair, included to emphasize their small stature. The wedding took place at Grace Episcopal Church in New York City. Lavinia's younger sister, Minnie Warren, was her bridesmaid, and George Washington Morrison Nutt, known as "Commodore Nutt," was the best man. Barnum's promotion of the event escalated it to front page news, breaking for a brief time the pattern of Civil War news appearing on the front page, a welcome change to a war-weary public. Newspapers and magazines in both the U. S. and in England, where Stratton had previously toured, covered the story, and included lengthy descriptions of the lavish reception and gifts presented to the couple. Numerous mementos such as carte de visites photographs and small trinkets were also produced to satisfy popular interest in the event.
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1982.019.001
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