Jenny Lind as Amina

Title: Jenny Lind as Amina
Rights: The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. Public domain.
Creator: Hermann Eichens
Date: c. 1850-1860
Description: This print depicts Swedish soprano Jenny Lind as Amina from the opera "La Sonnambula." She is wearing a lightly colored gown while kneeling on the ground and clasping her hands together holding flowers within them, evoking images of the wildflowers that her love Elvino gave her as a token of his love for her in the story.
Format: Lithograph. 611 x 430 mm.
Publisher: The British Museum, Prints and Drawings.
Contributor: Lindsey Cillis
Identifier: The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. 1876,0708.2712.
Subject: Opera; La Sonnambula; The Sonnambula; Jenny Lind; Amina.
Source: JPEG file. The British Museum, Prints and Drawings. Unknown photographer. 10/22/2023. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1876-0708-2712.