Color image of lithograph, larger version.

The reading lesson. This lithograph, based on a drawing by Sigurður Guðmundsson málari ("the painter") (1833-74), serves as the frontispiece of Stafrófskver handa börnum [A Children's Spelling-Book], samið af H. Kr. Friðrikssyni og M. Grímssyni (Kaupmannahöfn: Prentað hjá Louis Klein á kostnað E. Jónssonar, 1854). The original is untitled.

Source: National Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands).

Copyright © 1996-8 Dick Ringler. All rights reserved.

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