Description
1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows, in the distance, Molde, a Norwegian village on the Moldefjorden, an arm of the Romsdalfjorden. Most of the houses, churches and buildings hug the shoreline. Sailboats dot the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
Image Licence
No known restrictions on publication.
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-22915
Location
Molde, Norway
Country
Norway
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Bayard Taylor, an American poet, travel author and diplomat, traveled to Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857. The book that accompanies these pictures, 'Northern travel : summer and winter pictures of Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland' by Bayard Taylor, can be viewed and downloaded here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001857793
