Møller Lars Steffen (1 results)

An attractive image, showing a family of Greenlanders sledding and skiing down a hill, likely produced by Lars Møller, Greenland's premier printer, or by Møller's youngest son, Steffen. The illustration shows a family of seven Greenland natives sledding down a hill, while two other youngsters ski alongside, with one of the skiers in the process of falling. Other winter sports enthusiasts cavort in the distance, and the stark Greenland landscape is ably depicted. Lars Møller, an accomplished printer and illustrator, was the dominant figure in Greenlandic printing in the last quarter of the 19th century, producing much of the printed output in the country. His son, Steffen, succeeded his father and produced impressive works in his own right, including a native language speller, from which this illustration may be an example. Knud Oldendow, The Spread of Printing: Western Hemisphere, Greenland (Amsterdam: Vangendt & Co., 1969), pp.68-69 and passim. Worn along left edge, small closed tears along top and bottom edges of center fold. Two old, soft, secondary fold lines. Good.