At tall Magri was shorter than Lavinia's first husband. Together they operated a famous roadside stand in
Middleborough, Massachusetts, and with their troupe composed of other dwarves as well as people of regular height travelled the world, performing plays such as
The Rivals and
Gulliver Among the Lilliputians before the public and royalty, including
Queen Victoria. Magri's supposed
twin brother, Giuseppe (or Ernesto) Magri (1850–?), also a dwarf, used the stage names
Baron Magri and
Baron Littlefinger. While the military and
aristocratic titles that
P. T. Barnum gave his dwarves were fantasy titles, it is claimed that the Count was given his title by
Pope Pius IX. The Magris were said to have had very expensive tastes, and were therefore forced to exhibit themselves into old age. ==Death==