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P. T. Barnum introducing Madelle. Jenny Lind to Ossian E. Dodge : the "Boston vocalist," and purchaser of the $625 ticket for the first concert of the Swedish nightingale in Boston

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Title: P. T. Barnum introducing Madelle. Jenny Lind to Ossian E. Dodge : the "Boston vocalist," and purchaser of the $625 ticket for the first concert of the Swedish nightingale in Boston
Creator: J.H. Bufford & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1845
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a group portrait of American singer and comedian Ossian E. Dodge, at left, American showman P.T. Barnum, at center with a money bag labeled "625" hanging out of his pocket, and Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, at right, standing in formal dress next to a table and piano.
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on history of event depicted; Dodge purchased a $625 for Lind's first performance in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1850. "J.H. Bufford & Co's. Lith"--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 35.56 x 43.18 cm (14 x 17 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_002511
413532
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1818
Language: English
Subject: Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits
Dodge, Ossian E. (Ossian Euclid), 1820-1876--Portraits
Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887--Portraits
Musical entertainments
Musicians--Pictorial works
Opera singers--Portraits
Singers--Portraits
Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Group portraits. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Music and Theater
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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