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Illustration to American Architect and Building News, Nov 12, 1887, No. 620
Reredos and Altar for Bethesda Church, Saratoga Springs, New York
Illustration to American Architect and Building News, Nov 12, 1887, No. 620
American
1887
Medium/Technique
Heliotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.8 × 23.1 cm (13 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1952
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom American Architect and Building News, Nov 12, 1887, No. 620
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper center, in letterpress: American Architect and Building News, Nov. 12. 1887. No. 620 / Copyright 1887 by Ticknor & Co.
Lower center, in letterpress: Reredos and Altar for Bethesda Church / Saratoga Springs NY / A. Page Brown. Arch't
Lower right, in letterpress: Heliotype Printing Co. Boston
Verso upper left, in graphite: 2290
Lower center, in letterpress: Reredos and Altar for Bethesda Church / Saratoga Springs NY / A. Page Brown. Arch't
Lower right, in letterpress: Heliotype Printing Co. Boston
Verso upper left, in graphite: 2290
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.