Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Jenny Lind (1820-87)
Maker(s)
Manufacturer:
Copeland
Sculptor:
Durham, Joseph
Sculptor:
Cheverton, Benjamin
Entities
Categories
Notes
History note: Unknown before G.D.V. Glynn; the estate of G. D. V. Glynn
Legal notes
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of G. D. V. Glynn, and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Measurements and weight
Height: 21.8 cm
Length: 13.6 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Stoke-on-Trent
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Allocated
(2016-01-25)
by
H.M. Government
Dating
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Production date:
AD 1847-11
Note
Jenny Lind (1820-1887) was a Swedish opera soprano. She sang with Verdi, and Mendelssohn wrote the soprano part in Elijah for her. She is believed to have inspired several Hans Christian Andersen stories, including The Ugly Duckling and The Emperor’s Nightingale. In May 1847, she made her London debut in the role of Alice in Meyerbeer’s opera, Roberto il diavolo (Robert the Devil) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, to immense popular acclaim – it is said that Queen Victoria threw her a bouquet rom the Royal Box. In later life she raised substantial funds for good causes, such as Florence Nightingale’s Nursing Fund and The Railway Servants’ Benevolent Fund.
Joseph Durham (1814-1877) was a prolific sculptor who exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1835 and 1878. His work was reproduced by several Parian manufacturers.
School or Style
Victorian
Components of the work
Base
Length 7.3 cm
Materials used in production
Parian (porcelain)
Techniques used in production
Slip casting
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Mlle/Jenny Lind/1847
- Location: On back left of shoulder of bust
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Title
- Text: Joseph Durham 1847
- Location: On back right of shoulder of bust
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Name
- Text: Reduced by/B Cheverton Nov 18 [chipped, should read 1847]
- Location: Reverse of bust
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Inscription
- Text: COPELAND/PORCELAIN STATUARY
- Location: Underside of socle
- Method of creation: Printed in dark brown
- Type: Factory mark
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: 15.
- Location: On underside of socle
- Method of creation: Typed
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.898-2016
Primary reference Number: 215900
Old number: 15
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 25 May 2017
Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2020
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
