Mountains near Folda fjord
Date
1853
Creator
Charles Haghe (1810 - 1888, Belgian) , Lithographer
After
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868, British) , Draughtsman
Object type
Library reference
RCN 39523
Material
Technique
Subject
Description
Landscape view across a fjord, a narrow sea inlet, towards a rocky outcrop with three distinct peaks. A ship can be seen sailing across the water, just right of the centre of the print, and grassy banks denote the edge of the inlet. The rough shape of the mountains emerge dramatically from the land, with further peaks visible behind them and in the distance towards the right of the image.
Plate 2 from the book Norway and its glaciers visited in 1851; followed by, Journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy by James D. Forbes (Edinburgh, 1853).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl. II.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘MOUNTAINS NEAR FOLDEN-FIORD.’
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868), British physicist and glaciologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1838, the Royal Medal in 1843 and delivered the Bakerian lecture in 1842 and 1846.
Plate 2 from the book Norway and its glaciers visited in 1851; followed by, Journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy by James D. Forbes (Edinburgh, 1853).
Inscribed above: ‘Pl. II.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘MOUNTAINS NEAR FOLDEN-FIORD.’
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868), British physicist and glaciologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1838, the Royal Medal in 1843 and delivered the Bakerian lecture in 1842 and 1846.
Related fellows
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868, British) , Physicist
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