Posted 8 years ago
OddsAndWins
(8 items)
I'm hoping someone with some antique photo skills could assist me. I found this picture at the thrift store. To me, it looks like an actual photograph from the 1800's. Is it? Or is it just a print of some sorts from a later time. The frame looks extremely old and handcrafted. So what I need help with is establishing if it's an actual photo and what the circa date could be based on the framing and what not. Thanks in advance!
P.S. I love sharing my thrift store finds with all of you. You have been so helpful in narrowing down what I have actually found! =0)
I don't know much about the frame. But, that is Jenny Lind in the picture. She was known best in the mid 1800's at the "Swedish Nightingale". The famous Jenny Lind trunks were named after her, because that style of trunk was designed especially for her when she traveled Europe and America.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind
Great id Jscott! I know your Jenny Lind passion ;-)
Thanks Kyra!!! I also have many books on Jenny Lind. I was born a few generations too late:)
The only way to know for sure is to open the back and carefully remove the object.
It could be an oil painting.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/jenny-lind-framed-oil-portrait-print-466457917
I have never even heard of her. So obviously it's not the original photo. I wonder if it's a print and why there is nothing on the back but those bubbles? Anyhow, thanks for identifying who she is at least, I had no idea! Very impressive!
http://flippistarchives.blogspot.nl/2011/12/portrait-of-jenny.html
Photographs were normally black and white in those days, and any colors were added by hand. I think now, after some research, that what you have is a lithograph.
http://www.rubylane.com/item/213082-107-54-141/Vintage-Wood-Gesso-Lithograph-Jenny-Lind
Nice lithograph.
Hello,
This woman is Jenny Lind.
http://www.makara.us/04mdr/01writing/03tg/bios/Lind.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Framed-picture-Eduard-Painting-Markant/dp/B004R98G3S
That's called an 'Eastlake' picture frame, sometimes hard to come by and valuable.
In the Victorian era, these were very popular and are still popular today. They were also called Folk Art because they were hand carved. I'm pretty sure there is one very similar to yours on this site, but can't find it at the moment. Here is a link to a site you might enjoy:
http://www.antiqueframes8x10.com/frames6c.html