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La Force

Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
Printed by: Édouard Baldus (French, 1815 – 1886)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
French
19th century

Medium/Technique Heliogravure
Dimensions Sheet: 30.5 × 22.3 cm (12 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an engraving.
Page from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Raphael del.
Lower right, in plate: Mac-Antoine sc
Lower center, in plate: La Force
Bottom center, in plate: Heliore. de E. Baldus 25.r. d'Assas, 25, Paris
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart - Evrard
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: 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.