Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.048 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.048.003 |
Object Name |
Etching |
Donor |
Nielsen, Ellen |
Description |
Etching: The vertically oriented, black and white etching depicts the church in Vejan, Jutland, Denmark. The building has a bell tower with a tall, peaked roof that has a cross on top. Several trees with no leaves surround the building. The artist's signature is in the viewer's lower left corner of the print, and reads: "Axel Hobrn". Frame: The etching is held within a wooden frame painted black with glass across the front. A piece of thin brown paper is adhered to the edges of the back of the frame. A piece of wire is strung between two eye screws on either side of the back of the frame. |
Dimensions |
W-7.625 L-9.5 D-0.563 inches |
Creation Date |
c.1930 |
Artist |
Hobrn, Axel |
Material |
paper/wood/glass/metal |
Associated People |
Nielsen, Ellen Hobrn, Axel |
Search Terms |
etching Nielsen, Ellen Vejan Church Hobrn, Axel |
Provenance |
The etching depicts the church in Vejen, Jutland, Denmark, and was made by Axel Hobrn in c.1930. Donor Ellen Nielsen was the daughter of Hans and Signe Jørgensen. The family home was called Skodborghus, in Vejen, Jylland, Denmark. Ellen Haumann Nielsen married another Danish immigrant, William Tronborg Nielsen. William was born in Hoven, Jylland. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1924. Ellen Nielsen immigrated to the U.S. in 1926. She had intended to work in New York City for the housemother at the Columbia University YMCA. However, Ellen's friend, William T. Nielsen (then living in Iowa), offered to find her work in Iowa, and told her if she did not like Iowa he would send her to NYC. Ellen agreed, and William found her a job in Esterville working as a nanny and housemaid for Oscar and Anna Fagre family. Ellen married William on 1 January 1927 (Ellen's immigration and wedding date information from Receipt 99-AR-153). In 1929, Ellen's mother, Signe Jørgensen, immigrated to the U.S. to live with her only living child. They first lived in Little Valley, New York, and later moved to the towns of Estherville and Ringsted, Iowa. Signe had been a widow since her husband's death in 1912. Signe Jorgensen died in March 27, 1957. Signe Jørgensen's sister, Augusta Rasmussen, did not emigrate, but she apparently sent gifts from Denmark. |
Images |
003\1985048003.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
06/03/1985 |