In 1840, at the age of 7, Josefine Stenbock was sent to Stockholm to live with Pastor Johan Fredrik Edgren and his wife Lovisa Dethmar and to attend their school. She lived with the Edgren family for four years (1840-1843). IMG-7937 Tack för hvar stund jag med dig delat, Tack för hvar dag jag haft med dig Om någon gång jag mot dig felat, Glöm […]
Cecilia’s Album: Augusta Rütterskjöld – A French Poem
Augusta Rütterskjöld was 16 years old when she sat down to copy the following lines on a card for Cecilia Koch’s memory album. IMG-7935 L’amitié vient du ciel habiter ici bas Elle embellit la vie et survit au trèpas (Friendship comes from the heavens and dwells below it embellishes life and survives death) The poem is actually the last stanza of a longer poem, “Même […]
Cecilias’s Album: Adèle Rudenschöld – Princess Eugénie’s Maid of Honor
There is a card in Cecilia’s album that is signed Adèle. On the card is a small watercolor painting of peaches, grapes, and a blue butterfly. IMG-7923 Adèle Rudenschöld Of course, I don’t know if the girl who signed the card was in fact Adèle Rudenschöld. All I know is that Adèle Rudenschöld (Louise Rudenschöld’s little sister) attended Edgren’s school and was a friend of […]
Cecilia’s Album: Louise Rudenschöld (Stenhammar) – A Childhood at Tyresö Castle
In Cecilia’s memory album, there is a beautiful drawing of a chapel by a lake. The drawing is signed, Louise Rudenschöld. I assume that Louise copied a print, maybe of a chapel in the Dolomites (based on the architecture of the chapel and the mountains in the background). IMG-7944 Louise Rudenschöld Eva Christina Lovisa (Louise) Rudenschöld was born on October 4, 1828, at Hinderstorp, a […]
