from north cape historisk At last we came outside

At last we came outside the bowing tops of the reeds

Mother Witch looks at her youngster with deep love and joy in her eyes as she sings him to sleep

The symmetry of the facade and the classical elements such as the portico with columns and the large windows on the upper floors are characteristic of Palmstedt's style

The company was founded in 1841 by the Scottish businessman Alexander Keiller and was then called Keiller's Werkstad in Gothenburg

from north cape historisk At last we came outsideThe work was created at the end of 1840 and depicts a majestic North Cape (Nordkap in Norwegian). Nordkap is the northernmost part of Norway and the place is depicted in a romantic and dramatic way, which characterized the Norwegian artist Peder Balke's style. The rock pictured was discovered in 1533 by explorers in their attempt to find a way through the Northeast Passage but it wasn't until 1973 when Oscar II visited the site that it became widely