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Specimen of Charles Henry's Relief Plates
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Specimen of Charles Henry's Relief Plates
American
1868
Medium/Technique
Photo-zinc etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.2 × 24.2 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Walter Osborne
Accession NumberM6970
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAfter woodcut.
InscriptionsUpper center, in letterpress: Specimen of / Charles Henry's Relief Plates / Printed on a / Gordon Franklin Power Press, / By R. & C. Costley
Lower left, in plate: C. Henry
Lower right, in plate: Ed. Evans Sc.
Lower center, in letterpress: Reduced by the American Photo-Lithographic Company, / and Made into a Relief Block by Charles Henry
Verso, stamped in purple ink: The Gift of J. W. Osborne
Lower left, in plate: C. Henry
Lower right, in plate: Ed. Evans Sc.
Lower center, in letterpress: Reduced by the American Photo-Lithographic Company, / and Made into a Relief Block by Charles Henry
Verso, stamped in purple ink: The Gift of J. W. Osborne
Provenance1889, gift of John Walter Osborne (b. 1828 - d. 1902), Washington D.C., to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 9, 1889)