A watercolour showing the Swedish soprano Jenny Lind as the character of Maria in Donizetti's opera La Figlia del Reggimento. On headed notepaper. She is shown full-length, facing front and is dressed in theatrical costume.
Inscribed below: Mademoiselle J. Lind as Maria in La Figlia del Regimento "Rataplan, Rataplan!"
Inscribed lower left: VR del June 1847.

This watercolour of Jenny Lind, the ‘Swedish nightingale’, records just one of the sixteen performances of her London debut season, all of which were attended by the Queen.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010