Jenny Lind
(1820-1887), Singer, known as 'the Swedish nightingale'; wife of Otto Moritz David GoldschmidtJohanna Maria ('Jenny') Lind
Sitter in 20 portraits
Singer; born and trained in Sweden; her exquisite voice, allied with rare qualities of character, aroused intense enthusiasm in British audiences, following her debut in 1847.
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
oil on canvas, 1847
NPG 2204
Jenny Lind; Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia)
by William Edward Kilburn
hand-coloured, quarter-plate daguerreotype, 1848
On display in Room 20 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P956
probably after William Edward Kilburn
albumen print on card mount, 1860s (1848)
NPG x20048
Walter Otto Goldschmidt; Jenny Lind
by M. Stettenheim
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1856
NPG x125821
by Emilie Bieber
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12443
Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt; Jenny Lind
by Emilie Bieber
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x87691
Jenny Lind; Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt
by and after Henry Murray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x17301
Jenny Lind; Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt
by Henry Murray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x134147
by Henry Murray
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x135354
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Henry Hering, and Mayer Brothers, and Richard Burton & Co, and Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and probably William Edward Kilburn, and Southwell Brothers, and John Burton, and Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington), and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197566
by F. Sexton, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Charles Jefferys, after Conrad L'Allemand
lithograph, probably late 1840s
NPG D42835
by Richard James Lane, after Conrad L'Allemand
lithograph, published 1847
NPG D21695
by Richard James Lane, after Conrad L'Allemand
lithograph, published 1847
NPG D22246
'Mdlle Jenny Lind as "Susanna" in "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Her Majesty's Theatre'
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 22 July 1848
NPG D45841
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 26 August 1848
NPG D45842
by Hermann Dröhmer (Droehmer), published by Henry Graves & Co, after Eduard Magnus
mezzotint, published 1 May 1849 (1846)
NPG D37341
'Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) at Exeter-Hall', in Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'
published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 22 December 1855
NPG D45843
by William Roffe, after C.J. Durham
stipple engraving, late 19th century
NPG D37342
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