IDNO

DG.167335.RPT

Description

A portrait of Axel Poignant, his mother, and his younger sister standing together on the deck of the Abraham Rydberg, a Swedish steel-hulled and three-masted training ship. Axel, as a young man, is wearing a sea cadet's uniform. [JD 08/08/2023]

Place

N Europe; Europe Scandinavia; Sweden; ?Stockholm

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Axel Poignant

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Poignant, Axel

Date

1922

Collection Name

Poignant Collection

Source

Poignant, Roslyn

Format

Digital File

Primary Documentation

Other Information

DG.167113.RPT - DG.167351.RPT were located on a blue 'Seagate backup plus' hard drive in a box now numbered C1035/.

DG.167295.RPT - DG.167351.RPT were located in a digital folder named "Scans to be filed."

Related Archive: Roslyn Poignant keep a portrait of Axel, his mother, and his little sister on the deck of a ship, which she discussed in an interview Martin Thomas: "His [Axel's] parents had been at quite a loss what to do with Axel. They enrolled him on the training ship for the Swedish navy.
Shows photo of Axel in sailor suit. He is with his mother and his sister. There is a sailing ship in the photo, the Abraham Rebert [sic 'Rydberg']. This was taken in 1922 when he was 16." (Interview transcriptions by Martin Thomas 30/09/2004). [JD 23/08/2023]