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Illustration to American Architect and Building News, March 9, 1878
Sketches from Rothenburg an der Tauber, Bavaria
Illustration to American Architect and Building News, March 9, 1878
Printer: Heliotype Printing Co., Boston
Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen (American (born in Denmark), 1840 – 1920)
Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen (American (born in Denmark), 1840 – 1920)
American
1878
Medium/Technique
Heliotype
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.7 × 22.8 cm (13 11/16 × 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1953
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom American Architect and Building News, March 9, 1878
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 Mar. 9. 1878 115.
Upper left, in the plate: Toppler Schlösschen
Upper center, in the plate: From Spital Hof
Lower left, in the plate: Klingen Thor
Lower right, in the plate: Franciscanerkirche.
Lower center, in letterpress: Sketches from Rothenburg an der Tauber Bavaria L.S. Ipsen Del. / The Heliotype Printing Co. 220 Devonshire St. Boston.
Upper left, in the plate: Toppler Schlösschen
Upper center, in the plate: From Spital Hof
Lower left, in the plate: Klingen Thor
Lower right, in the plate: Franciscanerkirche.
Lower center, in letterpress: Sketches from Rothenburg an der Tauber Bavaria L.S. Ipsen Del. / The Heliotype Printing Co. 220 Devonshire St. Boston.
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.