File:Nornorna vid Urdarbrunnen.jpg
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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 Ludvig Bernhard Hansen (1856–1933). 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. |
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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 |
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Published in 1893. |
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L. B. Hansen (1856–1933) made the xylograph as described above. But 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:
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. As the mistake with Wallander shows it is possible (though unlikely) that the artist is someone not listed above. Since the last person to die on the list of artists died in 1946 we can now reasonably assume that the entirety of Sander's Edda, including this image, is now in the public domain in Sweden. Photograph by User:Haukurth, image processing by User:Bloodofox.User:Haukurth/Cooperation |
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Sander's Edda was published in 1893, placing its entire contents in the public domain in the United States. Since the engraver died in 1933 and all the artists listed in the book were dead by 1946, the image is in the public domain in Sweden. |
| Other versions | commons:Image:Nornorna spinner ödets trådar vid Yggdrasil.jpg is a low-resolution scan of a reprint. |
 | This image is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published outside the United States prior to January 1, 1929. Other jurisdictions have other rules. Also note that this image may not be in the public domain in the 9th Circuit if it was first published on or after July 1, 1909 in noncompliance with US formalities, unless the author is known to have died in 1953 or earlier (more than 70 years ago) or the work was created in 1903 or earlier (more than 120 years ago.)[1] |  |
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