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The engraving shows a child floating asleep on a small boat. The boat also has a spear, a shield and a helmet. In the lower left corner is written "W. Meyer X.A. LBH SC" meaning that the engraving was created at W. Meyers xylografiska anstalt, an engraving company owned by Wilhelm Meyer (1844-1944) and that the engraver was L. B. Hansen. In the lower right corner there is a signature, no doubt that of the original artist. Unfortunately I haven't been able to match the signature with an artist. The image list on page 468 in the book describes this image as Gossen i båten, Scéaf (Njord), i.e. "The boy in the boat, Scéaf (Njord)". It seems that Sander's Edda identifies the Anglo-Saxon figure Scéaf with the Old Norse figure Njörðr. I don't believe this theory is currently in vogue. |
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The image is found on page 39 of Fredrik Sander's 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda; Edda Sämund den vises : skaldeverk af fornnordiska myt- och hjältesånger om de götiska eller germaniska folkens gamla gudatro, sagominnen och vandringar / öfversättning från isländskan af Fredrik Sander ; med bilder af nordiska konstnärer. Stockholm, Norstedt. I (Haukur Þorgeirsson) took a picture of that page with a handheld camera. My original upload is an unmodified version of that picture and shows not only the image described but also its context. My second upload is a cropped version of that file, developed by User:Bloodofox.User:Haukurth/Cooperation |
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Published in 1893. |
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L. B. Hansen made the xylograph as described above, unfortunately I have been unable to find out when he died. I have been unable to identify the original artist. Sander's Edda (p. 468) lists its artists as follows: "Bilderna: Dessa äro tecknade af: Andrén, A. V.; Arsenius, J. G.; Arsenius, C. G.; Cederström, G. O.; Hellqvist, C. G.; Holm, P. D.; Johansson, C.; Jungstedt, A.; Kindborg, J.; Kronberg, J.; Kulle, A. H.; Larson, C.; Liljefors, Br.; Malmström, J. A.; Nyström-Stoopendaal, Jenny; Pauli, G.; Rosen, G. J. O. von; Saltza, C. F. von; Sörling, O.; Tirén, J.; Winge, M. E. och Zorn, A. L. Dessutom några bilder af: Arbo, P. N. och N. J. O:son Blommér." These can be identified further as:
In addition the book has an image by Alf Wallander (1862-1914) despite his not appearing in the list. One would assume that the artist in this case is one of the above. Photograph by User:Haukurth, image processing by User:Bloodofox.User:Haukurth/Cooperation |
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Sander's Edda was published in 1893, placing its entire contents in the public domain in the United States. The image may or may not be in the public domain in Sweden, depending on when the engraver and the artist died.
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