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Deutsch: Jenny Lind, Amerikanische Karikatur
English: Parody of Jenny Lind's first American tour for P.T. Barnum, New York City, October 1850


Panorama of Humbug, engraving published by William Schaus 289 Broadway, New York, c1850. The artist parodies the extravagant publicity campaign conducted by showman Phineas T. Barnum for the series of American concerts by Swedish songstress Jenny Lind, which he produced in the autumn of 1850. Barnum started his promotion of Lind 6 months prior to her arriving in New York on September 1, 1850. On a small platform, beneath a massive banner with the image of Jenny Lind holding a fan and nightingale (a reference to her nickname "the Swedish nightingale"), stand a youth who is half white and half black, a showman, and a man throwing out handbills. The platform is erected outside a ticket office, and sits over a small orchestra pit with musicians blowing wind instruments with the names of several New York newspapers, including the "Tribune, Herald, Express," and "Courier and Enquirer." While a satanic figure to the left beats a drum, the showman shouts to the crowd around him: "Walk up Ladies & Gentlemen and see the greatest wonder of the age--the Real Swedish Nightingale, the only specimen in the Country." Inside the ticket office stands Barnum himself, quietly watching from the shadows. His Museum on Broadway can be seen in the background. Jenny Lind's first American concert was given in New York on September 11, 1850. This description with editions and edited digital image are from the Library of Congress, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-1425, DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05239 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05239.
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19th century engraving published by William Schaus 289 Broadway, New York

Via: Library of Congress, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-1425, DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05239 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05239.

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