Zacharias Topelius, a prominent writer and journalist, and a professor of history, consciously created the cultural image of Finland with his writings. The book (Travel in Finland) introduces Finland through illustrations of the most famous Finnish 19th century artists.

Engraved illustrations are based on the original oil paintings of several Finnish artists: A. v. Becker, A. Edelfelt, R. W. Ekman, W. Holmberg, K. E. Jansson, O. Kleineh, J. Knutson, B. Lindholm, H. Munsterhjelm och B. Reinhold.

Digital reproduction, The National Library of Finland, Centre for Preservation and Digitisation, Mikkeli