Photograph: M. Lavinia Warren and Primo Magri standing together (owned by the Barnum Museum)
Ollivier (photography firm) (created by)
M. Lavinia Warren (associated with)
Primo Magri (Count Magri) (associated with)
Ernesto Magri (Baron Magri) (associated with)
M. Lavinia Warren (associated with)
Primo Magri (Count Magri) (associated with)
Ernesto Magri (Baron Magri) (associated with)
1890 (Date manufactured/created)
6.5 in H
X
4.25 in W
Photograph of M. Lavinia Warren and Primo Magri as Count and Countess Magri. Primo stands on the left in a suit, Lavinia on the right in a white dress with a long train. She holds Primo's arm. A caption in the lower border identifies them as "Count & Countess Magri."
The photographer is identified at bottom front as well as on the back as "Ollivier, 343 Sixth Ave, New York".
Mercy Lavinia Warren nee Bump (October 31, 1841-November 25, 1919), then Mercy Lavinia Magri, was a well known entertainer during the 1800s. She began her show business career on a river boat, as exhibiting those with dwarfism was profitable at the time. Warren signed with P.T. Barnum at age 21, along with her younger sister Minnie Warren, who also had dwarfism. Later on, Lavinia began to date fellow Barnum performer Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb), and the two eventually wed. They worked and toured together as celebrities, and had a happy marriage. Following Stratton’s death, Warren married Primo Magri, an Italian entertainer of a similar stature to Warren, on 6 April, 1885.
Magri and Warren operated a roadside stand in Middleboro, Mass. Warren died on 25 November 1919, and is buried beside Stratton at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
The photographer is identified at bottom front as well as on the back as "Ollivier, 343 Sixth Ave, New York".
Mercy Lavinia Warren nee Bump (October 31, 1841-November 25, 1919), then Mercy Lavinia Magri, was a well known entertainer during the 1800s. She began her show business career on a river boat, as exhibiting those with dwarfism was profitable at the time. Warren signed with P.T. Barnum at age 21, along with her younger sister Minnie Warren, who also had dwarfism. Later on, Lavinia began to date fellow Barnum performer Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb), and the two eventually wed. They worked and toured together as celebrities, and had a happy marriage. Following Stratton’s death, Warren married Primo Magri, an Italian entertainer of a similar stature to Warren, on 6 April, 1885.
Magri and Warren operated a roadside stand in Middleboro, Mass. Warren died on 25 November 1919, and is buried beside Stratton at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
A Gift of the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
2003.009.054