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A Lady of Cairo Visiting
American
1881
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.9 × 22.1 cm (11 × 8 11/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.2 × 18.9 cm (9 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.2 × 18.9 cm (9 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2034
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Witthoft 19, trial proof
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower right, in plate: F. A. Bridgman 1880.
Lower right, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: Trial impression. J.D.S. / 2. Apr. 16th. 81.
Lower right, in graphite, in the hand of James Smillie: Trial impression. J.D.S. / 2. Apr. 16th. 81.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.
NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.