Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Lars Hjortsberg

Engraver:
M. Frumerie
Year:
1843
Country:
Sweden
Diameter:
43 mm
Obverse:
Bust of Lars Hjortsberg facing left.
LAUR·HJORTSBERG ACTOR SCEN·THEATR REG·HOLM·
NAT·MDCCLXXII DEN·MDCCCXLIII
M·F·
Reverse:
A woman in classic clothing stands next to a grave placing a wreath on top of the grave. In her left hand is a comedy mask and a cane.
ROSCIO SVECICO
LONGE PARS MAXIMA LUCTUS
PIETAS THEATRI NOVI HOLMIENSIS
References:
Kongl. Vitterhets, Historie och Antiquitets Academiens Handlingar p. 318 #9
Numismatiska meddelanden p. 111

Lars Hjortsberg (22 November 1772 – 8 July 1843) was a Swedish stage actor. He has been referred to as the most famous Swedish actor of the first half of the 19th-century.