Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Luce Center
Jenny Lind Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1945.190c
Date:
1847
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/4 in. ( 4.5 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, on bust truncation, at left: "A & M"
Description:
White metal struck medal with obverse depicting shoulder-length portrait of Jenny Lind facing three quarters to left; legend: "JENNY LIND." Reverse contains central vignette comprised of lyre, nightingale, roses and lilies-of-the-valley; legend: "NESCIT OCCASUM/NATA 1821."
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
