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Loading Seaweed on Hornbæk Beach
Carl Locher1882
The Danish Parliament
Copenhagen K, Denmark
The farmers in the painting are loading seaweed onto a cart at Hornbæk beach on a cold winter day. Gilbjerghoved near Gilleleje can be seen in the background. Seaweed was used in the past as fertilizer, fodder, for thatching roofs and as insulation material, etc.
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- Title: Loading Seaweed on Hornbæk Beach
- Creator: Carl Locher
- Creator Lifespan: 1851/1915
- Creator Nationality: Danish
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 1882
- Physical Dimensions: w190 x h117 cm
- Original Title: Der læsses tang ved Hornbæk Strand
- Danish Description: Billedet viser bønder, der læsser tang på vogne på Hornbæk strand en kold vinterdag. I baggrunden ses Gilbjerghoved ved Gilleleje. Tang blev i gamle dage anvendt som gødning, foder samt tække- og isoleringsmateriale m.v.
- Type: Oil on canvas
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