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(1781-1859) Portrait of Nyholm from Papa Carl Valdemar's collection. This is the picture of his wife, Nikoline Mathilda Nyholm's grand-uncle C.Nyholm, born 1781. Both he and his father were named 'Christoffer' and both were Danish Pastors'. Our Christoffer, in this picture, was also Chaplain to the Danish forces fighting Napoleon's forces in France. That would put this pencil print date to about 1800, making it one of the earliest pictures of an ancestor we have. Georg Wilhelm Reichsgraf (Rigsgreve) Sponneck's portrait dates to 1739, making it the oldest portrait of a family member.
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