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Description: | This snuff box has a painting of Jenny Lind on the top. The picture is a copy of the music cover for 'Roberto thou did'st gain my love,' a song from Meyerbeer's opera 'Robert le Diable'. On the side of the box, 'JENNY LIND' is lettered in gilt. Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born opera singer. She was often called the "Swedish Nightingale". She was largely unknown in Britain before her first performance here in 1847 but quickly became a sensation. Her performances at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket were so successful that her period at the Theatre later became known as 'Lind Mania.'
Rectangular wooden snuff box with hinged lid and a portrait of Jenny Lind. Box still contains snuff. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Containers Opera Japanned ware Portrait painting Vocal music Decorative arts Snuff Women Beauty Meyerbeer's opera Jenny Lind Victorian period Robert le Diable People and roles Domestic life Young women Songs Music Portraits Dresses Swedish Singers Swedish Nightingale | Temporal: | 1825 - 1875
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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