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Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828–1899)
Printer: Druck & Verlagsges., Emmendingen.
Printed by: R. Paulussen (English, born in 1852)
German

Medium/Technique Photogravure
Dimensions Sheet: 30 × 39.8 cm (11 13/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1939
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAfter a charcoal drawing by Adolf Schreyer
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Kohlenzeichnung von AD. Schreyer
Bottom left, in plate: Photogravure von R. Paulussen, Wien.
Bottom center, in plate: Druck & Verlag der Gesellschaft f. vervielf. Kunst in Wien.
Bottom right, in plate: Vervielfältigung vorbehalten.
Verso, center, in graphite: Graph. Kunste. / XII, 3. / K.
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.