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The Capture of Knight Kuenringer
After: Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger (Austrian, 1805–1880)
Printer: Photogalvanographic Company, London
Printer: Photogalvanographic Company, London
Austrian
1857
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1937
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProof after pen and ink drawing by Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: The Capture of Knight Kuenringer. / An incident in the reign of Frederic tthe Warlike of Austria, After a pen-and-ink, Drawing by Prof. J.N. Geiger. / Photographic Art Treasures
Bottom left, in plate: Proof
Bottom right, in plate: Printed by J. (?)
Bottom center, in plate: Published June 1857 by the Photo-galvano-graphic Compy. London.
Verso, center, in ink: S.R. Koehler
Bottom left, in plate: Proof
Bottom right, in plate: Printed by J. (?)
Bottom center, in plate: Published June 1857 by the Photo-galvano-graphic Compy. London.
Verso, center, in ink: S.R. Koehler
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.