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Description

English: An engraving showing people trying to escape from a monster-whale. It is an illustration to the Icelandic legend of Redhead (Rauðhöfði) which is said to be the cause of formation of Glymur, the highest waterfall in Iceland (198 m).

Date

Published in 1864

Source

Icelandic Legends : Collected by Jón Arnason : Translated by George E. J. Powell and Eiríkur Magnússon, Richard Bentley, London, 1864. This illustration facing page 72. Digitized version from Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=qDAeAAAAMAAJ

Author

George Pearson
Alternative names	George Pearson, G. Pearson
Description	English engraver
Work period	fl. 1850-1910
Work location	England
Authority file	: Q45315777



Description	German- painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death	18 September 1814	Frankfurt am Main
Location of birth/death	1814-09-18	1876-01-10
Work period	London
Work location	Düsseldorf; London
Authority file	: Q16063982 VIAF: 76585947 ISNI: 000000008157169X ULAN: 500183399 LCCN: nr90003342 NLA: 35131665 WorldCat

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- Ґлімур

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