Carte de visite portrait of Admiral Dot, shown standing in formal dress beside a draped studio prop and chair. The young performer wears a suit and holds a top hat while posed against a plain studio background.

Printed text beneath the image reads: “With P. T. Barnum’s Traveling World’s Fair. ADMIRAL DOT. Sixteen years old; Twenty-five inches high. Weighs only Nineteen pounds.” Images of Admiral Dot were widely sold during tours of Barnum’s traveling exhibitions.

Carte de visite mount with publisher’s imprint on the reverse.