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Printer: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
French
Dimensions
Sheet: 32 × 24.3 cm (12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPage from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsVerso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrard
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 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.