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Swiss
1888
Medium/Technique
Autotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.8 × 15.4 cm (9 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1949
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPublished as Supplement to Photographische Mitteilungen 25, no. 369 (October
1888).
1888).
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsTop center, in plate: Beilage Nr. IX, Octoberheft II der >>Photogr. Mittheilungen<<, Jahrgang XXV. / Verlag von R. Oppenheim, Berlin.
Bottom center, in plate: Autotypie der Schweizerischen Autotyp-Anstalt Winterthur / Nach einer Photographie von Boissonnas, Genf.
Bottom center, in plate: Autotypie der Schweizerischen Autotyp-Anstalt Winterthur / Nach einer Photographie von Boissonnas, Genf.
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.