94 J. V. HULTKEANTZ 



4. An oil portrait painted on copp)er. 



This curious jiainting, of quarto size, was bought hy Dr. Rudolf L. Tafel 

 in Sweden, in 1868. On the frame, which was very old, was written »Sweden- 

 borg, 1744». The portrait was spoiled by being unskilfully restored, but had 

 previously been used as the basis for a portrait of Swedenborg by the Swedish 

 artist August Tholander, representing Swedenborg, in the act of leaving his 

 room for a walk. In the possession of Mrs. R. L. Tafel, London. (Because of 

 the spoiled condition of the portrait on copper, we have considered it unneces- 

 sary to reproduce it in this work). 



5. A colored crayon portrait. {PI. VIII., fly. 2). 



Produced by an unknown artist in Sweden. Although nothing concern- 

 ing the early history of this portrait is known, it may be an original produc- 

 tion dating from the close of the decade 1760 - 1770. In the Northern Museum, 

 Stockholm. 



Ü. Brander's oil portrait. (PI. VI.). 

 Painted by Fredrik Brander at Stockholm between 1765 and 1770. In the 

 Northern Museum, Stockholm. Both Tafel and Hyde say that the replica, or more 

 probably copy of this portrait preserved in the Hall of the Royal Swedish Academy 

 of Sciences, Stockholm, was presented to the Academy by Swedenborg himself. 

 But according to the Academy's Minutes for 1844, the portrait did not come 

 into its possession until over seventy years after Swedenborg's death, when it 

 was acquired by purchase. In all probability the Academy's portrait is a copy 

 of the original by Bränder in the Northern Museum. — There are also a number 

 of copies of the original Bränder portrait, or of replicas or copies of it, preserved 

 in Sweden, England and the United States of America, painted by the artists 

 Way, Breda, Sandberg, and possibly by others. One of the copies, Avhieh for- 

 merly hung in Swedenborg's bed-chamber, is now preserved in the collections 

 of the Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, U. S. A. Either 

 Branders original, or one of the copies, furnished the l)asis for J. F. J\Iartins 

 copper engraving, printed about 1790. 



7. KraffVs oil portrait. (PL VII.). 



Painted by Pehr Krafft, Sr., about the year 1770. Presented by Sweden- 

 borg to Count Anders Johan von Höpken, and now in the collections of the 

 National Museum in the castle of Gripsholm, near Stockholm. 



8. Ah oil portrait by L. B. (PL VIII., fig. 3). 



According to the inscription on the back of the canvas, »L. B. pinxit», 

 this portrait is of different origin from any others known, and its appearance 

 indicates that it is a genuine likeness painted in Sweden and dating from the close 

 of the decade 1760—1770. In the possession of Director Edw. Rosenlind, 

 Stockholm. 



