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Jenny Lind's Home Sweet Home – Historic Reproduction

Jenny Lind's Home Sweet Home, 1851 — antique lithograph
Jenny Lind's Home Sweet Home, 1851. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Jenny Lind's name leads this 1851 sheet music cover, which ties the Swedish soprano to the parlor ballad "Home, Sweet Home" during her American tour. Promoted by P. T. Barnum, Lind drew large crowds across the country from 1850 to 1852, and publishers quickly issued songs linked to her. The lithograph was made by S. W. Chandler & Bro. at 204 Washington Street in Boston, and its domestic scene shows music being made at home. It is worth noticing how the print brings a concert-hall celebrity into the everyday household, where piano songs were shared among family and friends.

Created / published1851
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreSheet music covers 1850-1860.Lithographs 1850-1860.
NotesLOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by S. W. Chandler & Bro., Lith. 204 Wash. St. Boston. Caption card tracings: Domestic Scene; PR; Music; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,246 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127465

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