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Amy Cranstoun

George Parker (American, died in 1868)
After: Charles Cromwell Ingham (American (born in Ireland), 1796–1863)
American
1835

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 19 × 12 cm (7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1667
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Two states
DescriptionPublished in, and extracted from: The Magnolia for 1836. Ed. Henry W. Herbert. (New-York: Monson Bancroft, 1835): opposite page 145.

The MFA owns a proof before letters of this print (accession number K1668).
Marks Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: C. Ingham, N.A. Pinxt.
Lower right, in plate: G. Parker Sculpt.
Lower center, in plate: Amy Cranstoun
Lower center, in plate: N. York Published by Monson Bancroft 389 Broadway.
Lower right corner, in graphite: 15
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.