Silhuettbild

Crown Prince Karl Johan, later Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway 1818 - 1844. At the Peace of Kiel, Denmark was forced to renounce Norway to Sweden. In May, Norway declares itself independent, something that Sweden did not accept. During the summer of 1814, the hitherto largest army ever passed Uddevalla, a large part of which was also accommodated in the city. The Swedish court later arrived in the summer. The crown prince Karl Johan comes on July 21 and was accommodated in the western wing of Uddevalla Town Hall. King Karl XIII and Queen Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta also lived at the square. There were festive and grand arrangements in the city with i.a. illuminations to receive guests. The followers of the Royal arrived in large foras, including: The Queen’s Caravan consisted of sixteen fully covered and 16 semi-covered wagons. While the Crown Prince was leading and the King was present at the war train in Norway, the Queen was drinking well and intog salta was praying at Gustafsberg south of Uddevalla. The field train set out in late August in the Union between Sweden and Norway, 1814 - 1905. Victor Dahlgren, who cut the silhouette, was born in the parish of Skredsvik in Bohusländer 1815. As a youngster, he was a Gustavsbergslärjunge, and then a commissioner and cartographer. He was the uncle of the donor; everything according to information in gift documents. The silhouettes come from Miss Thérèse Bagges sterbhus, Stockholm; conveyed to the Uddevalla Museum by Hanna Åhman, commissioned by the sterbhus through Dr. R. Berwald, Stocksund. Miss Hanna Åhman was born in 1873 in Uddevalla; daughter of Adolf Mauritz Åhman. In documents concerning the subject, the name of Miss Maria Theresia Bagge can also be seen. In the collections there are another 11 silhouette clips of Viktor Dahlgren, see UM004287. White.: Kristiansson, Sten, “The History of Uddevalla City,” III, 1806-1863, p. 76-85. From Nationalencyclopedia, NE.se: Silhuett Silhouette, contour, usually cut in black paper, placed against a light background. The art is named after the Frenchman Étienne de Silhouette (1709-67), who in 1759 decorated his country castle with silhouette clips. Silhouettes were highly appreciated during the 17th and 18th centuries. In the 1800s, silhouettes were used as illustrations in books and newspapers. Folk clips, greeting and memory boards, were often cut from colored paper or coloured. Silhouette clippers are still active on e.g. markets.