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H Beard Print Collection

Print
20th May 1847 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ackermann & Co. (publisher)
L'Allemand, Conrad (drawn by)
Richter, Henry (lithographers)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print depicting Jenny Lind as Vielka in Ein Feldlager in Schlesien. Published in London by Rudolph Ackermann.

The opera Ein Feldlager in Schlesien was composed by Meyerbeer for the re-opening if the Berlin Operahaus on 7th December 1844 after the fire of the previous year. Jenny Lind took over the role shortly afterwards and sang it again when the opera was revived in Vienna in 1847 under the title


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
hand coloured lithograph, ink and paint on paper
Paper
Ink
Paint
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Print-Making
Brief description
Print depicting Jenny Lind as Vielka in Ein Feldlager in Schlesien. Published in London by Rudolph Ackermann on 20th May 1847, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Print depicting Jenny Lind as Vielka in Feldlager in Schlesien.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 40.8cm
  • Print size width: 24.7cm
  • Mount size height: 40.5cm
  • Mount size width: 27.3cm
Subject depicted
Lind, Jenny
Literary references
  • Ein Feldlager in Schlesien
  • Vielka
Summary
Print depicting Jenny Lind as Vielka in Ein Feldlager in Schlesien. Published in London by Rudolph Ackermann.

The opera Ein Feldlager in Schlesien was composed by Meyerbeer for the re-opening if the Berlin Operahaus on 7th December 1844 after the fire of the previous year. Jenny Lind took over the role shortly afterwards and sang it again when the opera was revived in Vienna in 1847 under the title
Other number
F.5-3 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.3915-2009

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1153898/h-beard-print-collection-print-lallemand-conrad/
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