My Reproduction Doll With Jenny Lind Hair . . .

A reproduction doll of an antique made
by me more than 20 years ago. She rests
against a cushion of hearts. (template)

       The dolls with coffiers designed after Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind's hair. Jenny Lind born 6 October 1820 and died 2 November 1887, was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the United States beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840.

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Left, my Jenny Lind doll's collar with multiple layers of fine lace and a matching satin bow.
Center, her tiny hands are disproportionate but that's all a part of the 'quaintness' associated
 with antique bodies. Right, She has porcelain calves and black shoes.

 

       Lind became famous after her performance in Der Freischütz in Sweden in 1838. Within a few years, she had suffered vocal damage, but the singing teacher Manuel García saved her voice. She was in great demand in opera roles throughout Sweden and northern Europe during the 1840s, and was closely associated with Felix Mendelssohn. After two acclaimed seasons in London, she announced her retirement from opera at the age of 29.

       In 1850, Lind went to America at the invitation of the showman P. T. Barnum. She gave 93 large-scale concerts for him and then continued to tour under her own management. She earned more than $350,000 from these concerts, donating the proceeds to charities, principally the endowment of free schools in Sweden. With her new husband, Otto Goldschmidt, she returned to Europe in 1852, where she had three children and gave occasional concerts over the next two decades, settling in England in 1855. From 1882, for some years, she was a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London. Read more...

• Great Performers: Jenny Lind
• St. Louis History - Jenny Lind
• Jenny Lind Mania in California 

Left, a frontal view of her painted head. Center, her loosely pinned top knot.
Right, the soft characteristic profile and gently falling curls of Jenny Lind dolls.

Clip from "The Greatest Showman" based upon the life of 

P.T. Barnum includes intrigue between Barnum and the 

famous opera singer Jenny Lind.

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