Print: Jenny Lind seated with crown of laurels on her head

Matted print of Jenny Lind. Lind sits in the center of the image, with a dress just falling off her shoulders. Around her is a blanket or coat of some sort with an elaborate paisley pattern. Jenny Lind (October 6, 1820-November 2, 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, known as The Swedish Nightingale. The exceptional quality of her voice was recognized when she was young, and she received training at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Sweden, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. She reached high acclaim in Europe, and eventually P.T. Barnum engaged her for a tour of America in 1850-1851. Lind, previously unknown in the US, was promoted by Barnum, creating insatiable demand for concert tickets and the innumerable consumer products that were manufactured with her name. Halfway through the tour, Lind married replacement pianist Otto Goldschmidt. The couple had three children, and Lind became a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London. She is buried at the Great Malvern Cemetery in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Drawn by Wolf, Published for Herrman J. Meyer, 8, North William Street, New York, etched by Wolf and Engraved by Metzeroth. Likely dates to about 1845 to 1856.