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Box Cover, Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set, ca. 1850

This is a Box cover. It was subject: Jenny Lind. It is dated ca. 1850 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is cardboard, engraved, colored by hand, mounted paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten.

Its dimensions are

H: 19.4 x W: 12.8

Cite this object as

Box Cover, Jenny Lind Paper Doll Set, ca. 1850; Subject: Jenny Lind; cardboard, engraved, colored by hand, mounted paper; H: 19.4 x W: 12.8; Gift of Mrs. Frederick Rosengarten; 1952-8-1-m

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Faster, Cheaper, Newer, More: The Revolutions of 1848.

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