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Sophia Isberg
Helena Sophia Isberg (18 February 1819 – 28 February 1875) was a Swedish wood-cut artist. Also known as "Jungfru Isberg" (Maiden Isberg).
Helena Isberg was born at Säby in Tranås in Småland. She moved with her parents and brother to Motala in 1840, where she lived her entire life. Her father was a cabinet maker. Isberg was tutored by her father to cabinet makery, lathing and carving, and was to become famous for her wood carving. In 1847,
1974)
- November 24 – Louis Mathieu Verdilhan, French painter (died 1928)
- "date unknown" – Alexandros Christofis, Greek painter (died 1957)
Deaths.
- January 18 – O. G. Rejlander, photographer in England (born 1813)
- January 20 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (born 1814)
- February 22 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter (born 1796)
- February 28 – Helena Sophia Isberg (born 1819)
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