"Dr Robert V. J. P. Varman" wrote:
>
> Does anyone know who Jenny Lind was? The name rings loud bells but....
> A very mid-Victorian type portrait (black transferware) with the name
> (Jen)ny Lind printed over it.
>
> With Thanks, Robert
>

She was the great operatic and lieder sangmeistress of the mid-19th
century. She took the US by storm, singing in mining camps, military
posts and other out of the way places, as well as the more established
venues like the opera houses of San Franbcisco
--
Dan Mouer
http://saturn.vcu.edu/~dmouer/homepage.htm