Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Commemorative coin
Object Number:
INV.3799
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Silver; cardborad, paper
Dimensions:
box: 3 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 10.8 x 1.3 cm )
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.1 cm )
Description:
Silver struck coin with draped bust-length portrait of Jenny Lind facing left with legend: "JENNY LIND." Reverse depicts male bust facing left with surrounding legend: "OSCAR II SVERIGES OGH NORGES KONUNG."
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.
