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Feinheitsmuster
Swiss
19th century
Medium/Technique
Autotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 31 × 22.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1920
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsTop left, in plate: Korn - No. 1 - Grain
Top right, in plate: Schraffure - No. 1 - Rayure
Middle left, in plate: Korn - No. 2 - Grain
Middle right, in plate: Schraffure - No. 2 - Rayure
Lower left, in plate: Korn - No. 3 - Grain
Lower right, in plate: Schraffur - No. 3 - Rayure
Lower center, in plate: Feinheitsmuster von Korn und Schraffur der Patent-Autotyp-Trockenplatten der Schweiz. Autotyp-Anstalt vorm. Brunner & Cie., Winterthur / Types de grosseurs du grain et de la rayure des plaques-seches-autotypes, brevetees, de la Societe Suisse d'Autotype, ci-devant Brunner & Cie., Winterthur
Top right, in plate: Schraffure - No. 1 - Rayure
Middle left, in plate: Korn - No. 2 - Grain
Middle right, in plate: Schraffure - No. 2 - Rayure
Lower left, in plate: Korn - No. 3 - Grain
Lower right, in plate: Schraffur - No. 3 - Rayure
Lower center, in plate: Feinheitsmuster von Korn und Schraffur der Patent-Autotyp-Trockenplatten der Schweiz. Autotyp-Anstalt vorm. Brunner & Cie., Winterthur / Types de grosseurs du grain et de la rayure des plaques-seches-autotypes, brevetees, de la Societe Suisse d'Autotype, ci-devant Brunner & Cie., Winterthur
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 14, 2023)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator 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 Print Curator 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.