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Summary
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q16063982
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Description |
English:
This engraving shows "the woman of the mountain", an Icelandic nationalist symbol, first appearing as a frontispiece to the English translation of Jón Árnason's collection of Icelandic folktales,
Icelandic Legends (Collected by Jón Arnason)
, printed in London by Longmans, Green, and Co in 1866. The drawing was made by specification of Eiríkur Magnússon who was one of the translators.
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Date |
1866
date QS:P571,+1866-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | engraving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/Jonas/Heilsa/Heilsa-Arnason.html |
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