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Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
Printed by: Alfred Chardon
After: Hippolyte Jean Bapt. Garnier (French, 1845)
Printed by: Alfred Chardon
After: Hippolyte Jean Bapt. Garnier (French, 1845)
French
19th century
Medium/Technique
Photogravure (Henri Garnier process)
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.7 × 31.2 cm (8 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a photograph.
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)
InscriptionsTop center, in plate: Vue de la Galerie des Beaux-Arts / Crystal-Palace (Sydenham)
Lower center, in plate: Photogravure d'apres Nature, Procede H. Garnier / Dujardin Fres Paris
Bottom center, in plate: Imprime par Alfred Chardon Jne, 3 Rue Racine.
Verso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrard
Lower center, in plate: Photogravure d'apres Nature, Procede H. Garnier / Dujardin Fres Paris
Bottom center, in plate: Imprime par Alfred Chardon Jne, 3 Rue Racine.
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.
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.