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Free-Hand Sketch
Benjamin Day (American, 1810 – 1889)
American
1884
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.8 × 22.8 cm (12 1/8 × 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1922
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Lower left, in plate: B. Day del 1884
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Free-Hand Sketch. / Drawn on Stone with Day's Rapid Shading Mediums, / And / Day's Lithographic Inks.
Bottom left, in plate: London: 55 & 56 Chancery Lane.
Bottom right, in plate: B. Day: 48 Beekman St. N.Y.
Bottom left, in plate: London: 55 & 56 Chancery Lane.
Bottom right, in plate: B. Day: 48 Beekman St. N.Y.
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.