MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | View_from_Holman_(JW_Edy_plate_48).jpg (2323x1504) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: View from Holman (JW Edy plate 48).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en View from Holman No XLVIII VIEW FROM HOLMAN The spot where this view was taken is called Holman situated on the road from Oslo Christiania to Bogstad in a vast valley flanked by a noble amphitheatre of woody mountains one of which has on its summit a spacious lake In the picture looking over some cultivated land is seen the farm-house which gives name to the place From it the vale gradually descends to the margin of Oslofjord Christiania Fiord Here a small island or isthmus presents itself on which the summer residences of the Governor and Commandant are seen The houses are ample and convenient particularly that of the former who has also employed much skill and labour in laying out the gardens and in planting all that would grow on so sterile a soil its base being the schistus niger or black slate which is seen on the walks At the end of one avenue is an obelisk inscribed to the memory of a departed friend a species of decoration which is very general in the gardens of the nobility and gentry of Norway and Denmark the view includes a vast extent of the Fiord stretching on the right side nearly to the town of Drøbak Drobak a course which the ships take on their voyage to and from Christiania situated on this shore to the left above the Crown Islands The hills on the left in the extreme distance are at the bottom of a beautiful and extensive bay near Ås Aas which is navigable for ships and where some cargoes are collected The hills on each side are covered with trees to the water's edge; this is also the case on the middle land but its interior is more occupied by farms and cultivated grounds The hills and rocks are of no great altitude on the shores of the Fiord except near Christiania and Drobak The scenery about Holman in feature and colouring much resembles that of of this beautiful region it may be added that General Peder Anker selected it as the site of a splendid mansion which his refined taste and excellent judgment have made the seat of the muses The house with its portico has the air of a Roman villa within the spacious rooms are seen many fine Italian pictures and prints ; among the latter I observed a choice set of Hogarth's works Books philosophical and musical instruments with other aids to science complete the range of intellectual resources in this elegant retreat The gardens are tastefully laid out in the English style; the shrubberies are planted with specimens of every species of tree and shrub indigenous to Norway Near the lake is erected an exact model of an ancient Norwegian dwelling on the sides of its large room are inscribed several hundred names each with its date and address of former visitors to Bogstad ; among them are the names of kings princes dukes lords ladies and of many scientific and eminent persons of both sexes written in pencil with their own hands On adding my own I perceived that of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wolstencraft not very distant This mansion is situated in the bosom of the amphitheatre of hills at the head of the valley mentioned above and is distant 12 English miles from Christiania The lofty mountainous scenery around being covered with the evergreen firs presents the most romantic and beautiful views imaginable Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 48 p 265 in scanned copy PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Holmen Oslo Historical images of Oslofjorden | ||||
.jpg){kind=link}
