3-056-198 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

Piccadilly Pastimes, 1886. 'Sudden Disappearance of the Lady and her Covering; Mr Bertram Envelopes Mademoiselle Patrice; Mr Maskelyne the Prince of Illusionists; Alone I Did It; Charles Du-Val; The Countess Magri Sings a Ballad; Lilliputian Comedians at the Princes Hall'. Victorian variety acts at the Prince's Hall in London, including a magician, an impressionist, and little people fencing. People of short stature were called 'Lilliputians' in the 19th century. American 'Lilliputian', circus performer and singer Lavinia Warren, aka Countess Magri, was the widow of Charles Sherwood Stratton, known as General Tom Thumb.