Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collage, Portrait in Frame: Jenny Lind
Title
Collage, Portrait in Frame: Jenny Lind
Object name
Needlework picture
Date
1850-1855
Medium
Silk, paper, paint, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 16 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 41.9 x 36.5 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular collage portrait of Jenny Lind, sitting with her hands in her lap and surrounded with blue velvet curtains with silver coil fringe and tassels, the bust and arms are of chromolithographed paper on satin ground, the dress is yellow satin and lace, she holds a silk lace-trimmed handkerchief adorned with paper flowers, there is a bouquet of paper flowers in the bottom right corner.
Credit Line
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number
1945.294




