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Summary

Knut Ekwall: The Emigrants (

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Artist



Alternative names	Knut Ekvall; Knut Alfred Ekwall
Description	Swedish painter, artist and illustrator
Date of birth/death	3 April 1843	16 April 1912
Location of birth/death	Säby	Tranås
Authority file	: Q709330 VIAF: 25381687 ISNI: 000000008104710X ULAN: 500101988 GND: 11749965X SELIBR: 332830

Title

The Emigrants

Object type

painting

Date

before 1912

Medium

oil on canvas

Collection

American Swedish Institute

Notes

The painting is not executed from personal observation, but represents the artist's vision of what crossing the Atlantic as an emigrant might be like.

Source/Photographer

http://www.printsofhawaii.com/history.html. According to http://www.americanwest.com/swedemigr/pages/emigra.htm

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

	The author died in 1912, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:33, 1 January 2009		449 × 314 (320 KB)	Mahahahaneapneap	Compressed
	13:09, 2 September 2007		449 × 314 (334 KB)	Bishonen	== Summary == '''Author died in 1912.''' This painting is in the public domain because of its age. "The Emigrants" by Swedish painter Knut Ekwall (1843–1912). Oil on canvas, date unknown, but before 1912. The painting is not executed from personal