Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.193
Date:
1850
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 9/16 in. ( 3.9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation: "C.RADNITZKY."
Description:
Brass struck medal with obverse showing female head facing left with legend: "JENNY LIND" and date at right of image: "1850." Reverse bears inscription within line border: "SUCH A SACRED/AND/HOME FELT DELIGHT/SUCH SOBER CERTAINTY/OF WAKING BLISS/I NEVER HEARD/TILL NOW./milton."
Gallery Label:
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), a renown Swedish opera singer known throughout Europe as "The Swedish Nightingale," was invited by P. T. Barnum to tour America in 1850. Her yearlong tour turned out to be a great success with American public, both common and distinguished alike.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
