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Illustration to The American Architect and Building News, February 22, 1890, No. 739
House of W.A. Burnham, Esq., Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Illustration to The American Architect and Building News, February 22, 1890, No. 739
Printer: Heliotype Printing Company (American (Boston, Massachusetts))
Printer: Heliotype Printing Co., Boston (active 1872 – 1930)
Printer: Heliotype Printing Co., Boston (active 1872 – 1930)
American
1890
Medium/Technique
Heliotype ("helio-chrome")
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.4 × 23 cm (13 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom The American Architect and Building News, February 22, 1890, No. 739
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper center: The American Architect and Building News, February 22, 1890. No. 739. / Copyright, 1890, by Ticknor & Co.
Lower left: Helio-Chrome
Lower right: Heliotype Printing Co. Boston.
Lower center: House of W.A. Burnham, Esq., Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
Lower left: Helio-Chrome
Lower right: Heliotype Printing Co. Boston.
Lower center: House of W.A. Burnham, Esq., Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
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.