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Illustration to The American Architect and Building News, July 26, 1890, No. 761
Entrance to House of S. Alexander Orr, Esq., Troy, N.Y.
Illustration to The American Architect and Building News, July 26, 1890, No. 761
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 × 22.6 cm (13 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Image: 26 × 17.5 cm (10 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Image: 26 × 17.5 cm (10 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1944
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPublished in the The American Architect and Building News, July 26, 1890, No. 761.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper center, in letterpress: The American Architect and Building News, July 26, 1890. No. 761 / Copyright, 1890, by Ticknor & Co.
Lower left, in letterpress: Helio-Chrome
Lower center, in letterpress: Entrance to House of S. Alexander Orr, Esq., Troy, N.Y. / H. Langford Warren, Architect.
Lower right, in letterpress: Heliotype Printing Co., Boston.
Verso, center, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Architect / 761. / K.
Lower left, in letterpress: Helio-Chrome
Lower center, in letterpress: Entrance to House of S. Alexander Orr, Esq., Troy, N.Y. / H. Langford Warren, Architect.
Lower right, in letterpress: Heliotype Printing Co., Boston.
Verso, center, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Architect / 761. / 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.
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.