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Man on horseback

Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
Printed by: A. Zurcher
French
1852

Medium/Technique Photolithograph
Dimensions Sheet: 30.1 × 22.2 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPage 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: Photo-lithographie par Zurcher.
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.