- Museum number
- 1878,1109.55-87
- Title
- Object: Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to the North Cape in the Summer of 1820.
- Description
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A book by Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke on the subject of his travels in Scandinavia, with a long descriptive text. The individual plates as follows:
1. Portrait of Maline Marie, half-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in an embroidered dress with lace at the decolletage and sleeves, a belt around her waist, a necklace about her neck and her hair fashionably curled
2. A view of Lake Malaren near Vasteras, rocks and trees to the foreground, a harbour beyond and boats sailing on the still water
3. A map of Stockholm
4. A Swedish mile-stone, the oblong marker raised on a stone plinth, a forest and mountains beyond
5. A view of the River Glommen from the fortress of Konsvinger, fields leading down to the river and high mountains beyond
6. A view of the post-house at Breiden, a small boat with two men on the water to the foreground and mountains beyond
7. A view of the burial place of Colonel Simmons at Viig, the grave marked with a triangular sign on a long pole, mountains beyond
8. A view of Sneehattan from the Doorefield, two men seated to the foreground by a stone column, another column and mountains beyond, men on the road in the distance
9. A view of the cathedral at Trondheim, the graveyard to the foreground
10. A view of Munk Street in Trondheim, houses on either side of the road and people going about their business
11. Capell Brooke and another gentleman on a small horse-drawn cart leaving Trondheim, one holding the whip, a house beyond
12. Skiing apparatus including two skis and woolen gloves
13. A view of the mountain and cavern of Torghattan, smaller rocks and a tree to the foreground
14. A view of the interior of the cavern of Torghattan, the rocks overgrown with moss
15. Portrait of Andreas Hendrickson, full-length, in profile to the left, dressed in the winter clothing of a Laplander with mittens and a hat, a knife at his belt, two gulls on the seashore beyond
16. Two Norwegian lemmings (Lemmus lemmus), one climbing up a small branch and the other standing on the ground
17. Portrait of Johannes Olsen, full-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in the summer clothing of a Laplander with mittens and a hat, a knife at his belt, dead fish and cliffs beyond
18. A strand of the gorgonian or sea fan Primnoa resedaeformis (here referred to by its Linnean classification as Gorgonia lepadifera) with numerous branching tentacles
19. A strand of the gorgonian or sea fan Paragorgia arborea (here referred to by its Linnean classification as Alcyonium arboreum) with numerous branching tentacles
20. Several marine specimens comprising an Aega psora, a Phalangium grossipes, two sea fans and a sponge
21. A view of the Loppen Islands with the midnight sun, a boat on the wide expanse of water
22. Portrait of Sven Rassmoussan, full-length, facing the viewer, dressed in the winter clothing of a mountain Laplander or 'Field Finn' of a reindeer skin coat with mittens and a hat, a knife at his belt, a sled beyond
23. Portrait of Ane Cecile Aasberg, half-length, slightly turned to the left, seated in a chair with her hands folded in her lap, dressed in a high-collared gown with her hair plaited on top of her head
24. Portrait of Marit Martens Datter, full-length, turned to the left, dressed in the clothing of a mountain Laplander, a knife and chatelaine at her belt and a hat on her head, reindeer and huts beyond
25. A reindeer herd, a Laplander engaged in milking on of the deer to the left with a pail of milk at his side, other Laplanders beyond and more deer in the fenced paddock
26. Portrait of Per Mathison Sahra, full-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in the clothing of a mountain Laplander of a reindeer skin coat with a knife at his belt and a hat on his head, reindeer in the fenced paddock beyond
27. A view of Fuglenes and Hammerfest from the mountains above Fuglenes, mountains to the left and a wide bay to the right with ships and a distant town
28. Portrait of Amund Swantzen, full-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in the clothing of a sea Laplander, a knife at his belt and a hat on his head, the sea and sea birds beyond
29. A view of the Stappen Rocks, the rough sea crashing against them and cliffs to the left
30. A view of the North Cape and the coast of Mageroe seen from the approach from Tuefjord, the rough sea to the foreground and the cliffs of the coast beyond
31. A view of the North Cape with the rough sea crashing against the cliffs, figures watching the sea from the bare rocks, partially overgrown with weeds, mountains beyond
32. A view of the island of Mageroe with bare hills stretching away to the sea, a figure and rocks to the foreground
33. A view of the Northern Cape seen from the approach from Mageroe, a calm sea beyond
Lithographs and coloured lithographs
- Production date
- 1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 275 millimetres (page size)
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Width: 215 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Travels through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to the North Cape in the Summer of 1820.
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,1109.55-87
