Raftsundet, Lofoten
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
View across a narrow strait to a series of islands with a small number of houses and a large mountain range beyond. On the right of the image, lines of trees can be seen leading down the banks towards the water. Two small ships are shown in the water, one towards the left and the other nearer to the houses in the distance. The mountain range holds a large white glacier, and the sky is lit in an orange hue by a low sun.
Plate 3 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. III.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘RAFTE-SUND LOFODDEN.’
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 3 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. III.’ Inscribed below: ‘James D. Forbes, del. C. Haghe lith.’ ‘Day & Son, Lithrs to The Queen’ ‘RAFTE-SUND LOFODDEN.’
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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