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High Street Market, Philadelphia
William Russell Birch (American (born in England), 1755–1834)
1800
Medium/Technique
Etching
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Stauffer 175
Signed
In plate, at lower left: Wm. Birch
Marks
Verso, stamped in purple with the collector's mark of Sylvester R. Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Designed and Published by Wm. Birch Enamel Painter
In plate, below image: HIGH STREET MARKET, PHILADELPHIA
Verso, in graphite, in Sylvester Koehler's hand: From the McGuire Sale.
In plate, below image: HIGH STREET MARKET, PHILADELPHIA
Verso, in graphite, in Sylvester Koehler's hand: From the McGuire Sale.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first curator of prints at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.