Icelandic Collection (page 2)

Basaltic Arch, Iceland. Creator: Tom Artin
Basaltic Arch, Iceland

Eruption of Mount Hecla, 1845. Creator: Smyth
Eruption of Mount Hecla, 1845. Volcanic eruption in Iceland:the mountain burst in two places with a horrible crash, and vomited masses of fire...From the clouds of smoke and vapour

Iceland, from Flags of All Nations, Series 2 (N10) for Allen &
Iceland, from Flags of All Nations, Series 2 (N10) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1890

The Midnight Sun, Reyjavik Harbor, Iceland, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Midnight Sun, Reyjavik Harbor, Iceland, c1930s. During the summer solstice, normally the 21st of June the sun sets just before midnight. From " Tour of the World"

SV. Sveinbjornsen, 1919. Artist: Ernest Stephen Lumsden
SV. Sveinbjo rnsen, 1919. Icelandic composer (1847-1927) who composed the National Anthem of Iceland. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme

Thorbion lifted the huge stone, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Thorbion lifted the huge stone, 1910. A scene from the legend of Howard the Halt. A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt, 1910

Olaf and Sigrid, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Olaf and Sigrid, 1910. A scene from the legend of Howard the Halt. A print from Hero Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt, 1910

Olaf took the old woman in his arms, 10th or 11th century (1913). Olaf the Peacock (c938-1006) was a merchant and chieftain

Thorolf slays Earl Hring at Brunanburgh, 1913. Artist: Morris Meredith Williams
Thorolf slays Earl Hring at Brunanburgh, 937 (1913). Thorolf Skallagrimsson was an Icelandic Norse warrior who fought in the Battle of Brunanburh in 937

Bertel Thorwaldsen 1768-1844. - Gemalde von Eckersberg, 1934
Bertel Thorwaldsen 1768-1844, 1934. Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), Danish/Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

A mail caravan crossing the Icelandic plains, Iceland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

A milkmaid on her morning round, Iceland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Thorwald Eriksons Battle with the Indians, about AD 1003, (1877). Norse explorer Thorvald Eriksson fighting Native Americans

Leif Ericson Discovering America, (20th century). Artist: Per Krohg
Leif Ericson Discovering America, (20th century). Ericson (975-1020), an Icelandic explorer, is believed to have been one of the first Europeans to set foot on the continent of North America

Iceland dog, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Departure of the Icelandic fishermen, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Departure of the Icelandic fishermen, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th March 1894

Chessmen, 12th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Chessmen, 12th century, (1843). Chesspieces carved in bone. The one on the left, possibly made in Iceland, is a king with beard and plaits and low trefoil crown

Viking Eating Vessels carved wth personal design, c8th-mid 11th century. Glaumber Farm, Viking Farmstead, Iceland

Old Viking-style Icelandic turf farm
Old Icelandic turf farm west of Akureiri: the sort of farm which the Vikings would have built

Thorfin and Gudrida on the Shore of Vineland, (1877). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Thorfin and Gudrida on the Shore of Vineland, (1877). Icelandic explorers Thorfinn Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir led an expedition to Vinland

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