Bird song, with portrait of Jenny Lind

Brown, Delwin F. (active 19th century)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

19th century

Height:

65.7 cm  (25 7/8 in.)

Width:

58.6 cm  (23 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and black ink on paper

Place of creation:

United States

School:

Folk art (traditional art)

Description

From museum website:
Folk art calligraphy. Ornamental wreath of oak leaves with singing birds enclosing portrait of Jenny Lind under sprays of bell-shaped flowers.
Inscribed above portrait in ink: BIRD SONG; below portrait: LADIES PENMANSHIP and two four-line stanzas; Designed and executed with a pen by / D. F. Brown.

People as subjects

Lind, Jenny (1820-1887) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

61B2(JENNY LIND)
historical person (JENNY LIND)
48C75512
female singer
48C8622
opera singer (female)
48C8813
portrait of opera-singer
49L4
calligraphy
25F3
birds
25G41
flowers

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6035