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The Bedroom of Linnaeus
Schenson, Emma, born 1827 - died 1913 - Enlarge image
The Bedroom of Linnaeus
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Hammarby, Sweden (photographed)
- Date:
1864 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Schenson, Emma, born 1827 - died 1913 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen-silver print from glass negative
- Museum number:
72:382
- Gallery location:
In Store
In 1864 the Swedish photographer Emma Schenson made a series of photographs in memory of the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (1707-1778), who was known as Linnaeus. Most photographs in the series are taken in his house (now a museum) in Hammarby near Uppsala, Sweden. Linnaeus furnished his home as a kind of personal museum. Almost every detail of the arrangement has a close relationship to his work. In the bedroom the walls were papered with proof copies of drawings by Charles Plumier (French botanist, 1646-1704) and Georg Ehret (botanical artist,1707-1770). The curtain on the bed is printed with a decoration based on his favourite flower, the Linnaea borealis. There are other photographs by Schenson of Linnaeus' house in the V&A (see 72:384 and 72:387).
