Jenny Lind, PT Barnum's 'Swedish Nightingale', c1850 (1955). Artist: Unknown

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Jenny Lind, PT Barnum's 'Swedish Nightingale', c1850 (1955). Regarded as one of the finest soprano opera singers of the 19th century, Lind (1820-1887) was invited to the United States by Barnum in 1850. Between 1850 and 1852 she gave 93 concerts in the US, earning Barnum $500,000 and herself $250,000, most of which she donated to charity. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.

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Size: 3694px × 4727px
Location: World,Europe,Sweden
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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