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Relief from the Louvre
Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
Printed by: Hippolyte Jean Bapt. Garnier (French, 1845)
Printed by: Hippolyte Jean Bapt. Garnier (French, 1845)
French
19th century
Medium/Technique
Photogravure (Henri Garnier process)
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.4 × 24.3 cm (12 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.14
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom an engraving in line.
Page from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
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 center, in plate: Plafond du Louvre
Bottom center, in plate: Photogravure en relief. Procede H. Garnier. / Dujardin freres. - Paris.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrard
Verso, lower center, in graphite: The depressions on the back of this print at first leads me to think that it must be from an intaglio plate. The depressions, however, are due to the overlay. The first thing must have been done on wet paper.
Bottom center, in plate: Photogravure en relief. Procede H. Garnier. / Dujardin freres. - Paris.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrard
Verso, lower center, in graphite: The depressions on the back of this print at first leads me to think that it must be from an intaglio plate. The depressions, however, are due to the overlay. The first thing must have been done on wet paper.
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.
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.