Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Sailing ships in Øresund in the late 19th and early 20th century

Sailing ships dominated the second half of the 19th and the first years of the 20th century in the Sound. Here are a few artists´ impressions of that era:

C.D. Kennedy (later af Chapman) with Helsingborg on the left (J. Hägg)

The Swedish corvette Saga in Øresund (H. af Sillén, 1902)

Ships in the Sound with Kronborg in the background (C.F. Sørensen, 1898)

A ship in front of Kronborg castle (Carl Locher, 1897)

Sunset in Øresund (H. af Sillén, 1895)

Kronborg in moonlight (Marcus Larson, 1856)

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