Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Jenny Lind Souvenir Medal
Object Number:
INV.13829
Date:
1847-1851
Medium:
Leather and brass
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.1 cm )
Description:
Embossed leather souvenir uniface medal depicting draped shoulder-length portrait of Lind facing left with legend: "JENNY LIND." Circular brass inclusion at lower center of bust.
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.
