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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2007.050.097 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Royal Danish Embassy |
Description |
Black and white photograph of one of the Jelling stones located in Denmark. The photograph shows the large carved stone in the foreground with another carved stone behind it to the viewer right. They are outside, and there are trees, grass, and a mound in the background. A label formerly attached to the back, now filed in the accession file, reads: "DENMARK/HISTORY [underlined] / The larger of the two Jelling stones North- / West of Vejle, East Jutland bears the in- / scription: / "King Harald caused these mounds to be / "raised to Gorm his father and to Thyra / "his mother; the Harald who won for him- / "self all Denmark and Norway and made the / "Danes Christians. / The language is Old Danish, not yet very / differentiated from Norwegian and Swedish. / The script is later Runic. The stone is / more than 1,000 years old. It is richly / ornamented and was doubtless coloured. The / carver may have been English. / (Harald Bluetooth, c. 985). / 100/24/06/66". There are three stamps on the back. The red one to the left reads, "COPYRIGHT / INGA AISTRUP FOTO / FREDENSVEJ 7, VEDBÆK, DENMARK". A black one near the right center reads, "Please return to / DANISH INFORMATION / OFFICE / 280 Park Avenue / New York, N. Y. 10017". A purpled one near the lower right corner reads, "COPYRIGHT / ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY / FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS / Press Department / Copenhagen - Denmark". "SJ 761.6" is handwritten in red beneath it. |
Print Size |
10 x 8 |
Creation Date |
ca. 1960 |
Studio |
Inga Aistrup Foto |
Place of Creation |
Denmark/Jutland/East Jutland/Vejle |
Associated People |
Aistrup, Inga King of Denmark Harald Bluetooth Bluetooth, Harald Gorm Thyra |
Search Terms |
Royal Danish Embassy Danish Information Office Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Inga Aistrup Foto Aistrup, Inga Denmark, Jutland Jylland Vejle, East Jutland King of Denmark Harald Bluetooth Bluetooth, Harald Gorm Thyra Christianity Old Danish runes Runic Danish King of Denmark Danish royalty Jelling Stones |
Date Received by Museum |
11/30/2007 |
Provenance |
This photograph belonged to and was donated by the Royal Danish Embassy. It shows the Jelling Stones in Denmark, which date from the 10th century and were commissioned by King Harald Bluetooth in honor of his father Gorm and mother Thyra. |
Images |
087\2007050097.JPG |
Accession number |
2007.050 |