Description: Frederick
Sandys's illustration for George Borrow's translation
of Þórbjörn Hornklofi's nineth-century
skaldic poem Hrafnsmál in the Victorian era poetry periodical
Once a
Week. Read the poem and see the original
illustration here.
Source: Once a Week
Folio or Page: 154
Medium: wood engraving
Date: 1862
Dimensions (mm): 184 x 167
Provenance:
This illustration is from Once
a Week.
Rights:
This illustration from Once a Week is
in the public domain.
Bibliography:
Primary Source:
Sandys,
Frederick, Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team.
Valkyrie and Raven. Digital
Victorian Periodical Poetry, Edition
0.98.8beta, University of Victoria,
Accessed 4th January 2024.
https://dvpp.uvic.ca/poems/onceaweek/1862/pom_911_valkyrie_and_raven.html.
Historical Persons, i.e. from Heimskringla, Saxo, sagas etc.
Haraldr Hárfagri (non.)
Harold Fairhair (en.)
A king in Haralds saga hins hárfagra, the
third saga in Heimskringla, who
ruled Norway circa 872 to 930.
Nouns
Victorian (en.)The
Victorian era began with the reign of Queen Victoria and ended with her
death (June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
Source Materials:
Digital Victorian Periodical PoetryDVPP
Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry explores the poetry most read in
the long Victorian period: poems published in periodicals, magazines,
and newspapers dating from 1817 to 1901.
Hrafnsmál (non.)
Haraldskvæði (non.)
Harold's Poem: The Valkyrie and the Raven (en.)
A fragmentary 9th-century skaldic poem by Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi
concerning King Haraldr Hárfagri.
Once a Week (en.)
Launched by Bradbury and Evans, the publisher of Household Words,
after their split with Dickens, Once a
Week (1859-1880) was a weekly middle-class family magazine
that prominently featured illustrations.(Digital Victorian Periodical
Poetry website)
Valkyrie and
Raven (en.)Translation of Þorbjörn Hornklofi's skaldic poem
Hrafnsmál.
Source Persons
Sandys,
Frederick (en.)
b. May 1, 1829
d. June 25, 1904
Nationality: English
Occupation: Illustrator
Þórbjörn
Hornklofi (non.)
Torbjørn
Hornklove (no.)
A nineth-century Norwegian skald in the court of Haraldr
Hárfagri.
