"Rob Gray" <Slateman@epix.net> skrev i melding news:9xWLd.232$3b.13784@news1.epix.net... > Can anyone tell me what the writing on the document linked below means > in English? Also, does anyone know about when/where it was made? > > Thank you in advance for any ideas. > > > http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print1.jpg > Rob > USA There are several Norwegian folklore painters in the first half of the 19th century, mostly educated in the German area. My best guess is Johannes Flintoe. Three major books treating the Norwegian folk costumes (by J.F.L.Dreier, G.C.C.W.Prahl and Chr. Toensberg) were published these years. Your picture may originate from one of them. The German language merely indicates the cultural/scientific sphere of interest of the Norwegian intelligentia at that time (England was yet to be discovered ;-)). Per Norway

pb wrote: > "Rob Gray" <Slateman@epix.net> skrev i melding > news:9xWLd.232$3b.13784@news1.epix.net... > >>Can anyone tell me what the writing on the document linked below means >>in English? Also, does anyone know about when/where it was made? >> >>Thank you in advance for any ideas. >> >> >>http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print1.jpg >>Rob >>USA > > There are several Norwegian folklore painters in the first half of the 19th > century, mostly educated in the German area. My best guess is Johannes > Flintoe. Three major books treating the Norwegian folk costumes (by > J.F.L.Dreier, G.C.C.W.Prahl and Chr. Toensberg) were published these years. > Your picture may originate from one of them. The German language merely > indicates the cultural/scientific sphere of interest of the Norwegian > intelligentia at that time (England was yet to be discovered ;-)). > > Per > Norway > > Thank you for all of the responses! The other prints I have are shown in the links below: http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print1.jpg http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print2.jpg http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print3.jpg http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print4.jpg Sincerely, Rob Gray (My Norwegian ancesters were named Jacobsen and Samuelsen)

"pb" <per.bragstad@c2i.net> wrote in message news:f0bMd.800$4c.106046@juliett.dax.net... > > "Rob Gray" <Slateman@epix.net> skrev i melding > news:9xWLd.232$3b.13784@news1.epix.net... >> Can anyone tell me what the writing on the document linked below means >> in English? Also, does anyone know about when/where it was made? >> >> Thank you in advance for any ideas. >> >> >> http://home.epix.net/~robgray/temp/print1.jpg >> Rob >> USA > There are several Norwegian folklore painters in the first half of the > 19th > century, mostly educated in the German area. My best guess is Johannes > Flintoe. Three major books treating the Norwegian folk costumes (by > J.F.L.Dreier, G.C.C.W.Prahl and Chr. Toensberg) were published these > years. > Your picture may originate from one of them. The German language merely > indicates the cultural/scientific sphere of interest of the Norwegian > intelligentia at that time (England was yet to be discovered ;-)). The printout is from "Johannes Senn, Norske Nationale Klædesdragter, Kiøbenhavn 1812-1815". eirik