Image: Nornorna vid Urdarbrunnen

Description: The engraving shows the three Nornir of Norse mythology by Urðarbrunnr. In the bottom 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 left corner of the vignette below the main image (see the first upload) there appears to be a signature but I can't decipher it. It's possible that it's O. S., the initials of Olof Sörling. There is another (different) squiggle between the upper vignette and the main image. I don't know what to make of that. The image list on page 468 in the book describes this image as Nornorna vid Urdarbrunnen.
Title: Nornorna vid Urdarbrunnen
Credit: The image is found on page 7 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
Author: L. B. Hansen made the xylograph as described above, unfortunately I have been unable to find out when he died. And despite considerable effort 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: Vicke Andrén (1856-1930) Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892) Johan Georg Arsenius (1818-1903) Carl Georg Arsenius (1855-1908) Nils Blommér (1816–1853) Gustaf Cederström (1845–1933) Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851-1890) Per Daniel Holm (1835-1903) C. Johansson - perhaps Carl August Johansson (1863-1944) Axel Jungstedt (1859-1933) or August Jungstedt (1849-1915) Johan Kindborg (1861-1907) Julius Kronberg (1850-1921) Axel Kulle (1846-1908) Carl Larsson (1853–1919) Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939) August Malmström (1829–1901) Jenny Nyström (1854-1946) Georg Pauli (1855-1935) Georg von Rosen (1843-1923) Carl Frederick von Saltza (1858-1905) Olof Sörling (1852-1927) Mårten Eskil Winge (1825-1896) Anders Zorn (1860-1920) 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. It is also perhaps not completely outside the realm of possibility that the engraving is entirely the work of L. B. Hansen, not working from a previous sketch by another artist. And as the mistake with Wallander shows it is possible (though unlikely) that the artist is someone not listed above. Photograph by User:Haukurth, image processing by User:Bloodofox.User:Haukurth/Cooperation
Permission: 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.
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: PD-US
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