Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1987.070.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
American Society of Danish Eng |
Description |
The vertically oriented, black and white photograph is a portrait of the then Crown Prince of Denmark, the future King Frederik VIII. He is visible from the knees up and is wearing a dark military uniform with medals pinned across the left side of his chest. There is a light colored sash across his body. In front of him he is holding a dark hat and a cluster of light colored streamers (?). The background is blank except for the hint of an element in the viewer's lower left corner, perhaps a piece of furniture. The photograph is adhered to a piece of off-white mat board. Imprinted on the mat board in the viewer's lower left corner below the photograph is: "Eneberettiget". His signature is handwritten on the mat board, centered below the photograph. Around the photograph is a border of gold-colored pressed paper board with a design of raised dots. A large piece of mat board surrounding the photograph is dark grey/brown. Handwritten in the corner of the back of the mat board is, "oval / 2 niches deep / white line around", and then a drawing of a circular shape. The photograph probably used to be in a frame because housed with it is a piece of glass and a piece of wood, both the same size as the mat board. |
Print Size |
5.875in. x 4.063in. |
Place of Creation |
Denmark |
Associated People |
King Frederik VIII Villadsen, Villads |
Search Terms |
photographic print photograph King Frederik VIII Crown Prince of Denmark Villadsen, Villads |
Provenance |
The photograph depicts the then Crown Prince of Denmark, the future King Frederik VIII, and bares his signature. Villads Villadsen, the Consul General of Denmark, received the photograph from Henry Frølund after "The Frederick Lodge" closed. The lodge was one of the Danish Free Mason Lodges in New York and was founded in 1907. |
Images |
186\1987070002.JPG |
Accession number |
1987.070 |