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Mineralographie
Mineralographic impression
Mineralographie
Alois Auer (Austrian, 1813-1869)
Printer and Publisher: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (Austrian, 19th century)
Printer and Publisher: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei (Austrian, 19th century)
Austrian
1853
Medium/Technique
Mineralography (Mineralographie)
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 × 15.7 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1855
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ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPublished in Der polygraphische Apparat oder die verschiedenen Kunstfächer der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Wien (The polygraphic apparatus or the various art subjects of the Imperial Court and State Printing Office in Vienna), Vienna, 1853.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper center, in plate: Mineralographie. / Aus der k. k. Hof-u. Staats-Druckerei. Wien 1853.
Verso, center, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: S. R. Koehler
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Alois Auer.
Verso, center, in ink, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: S. R. Koehler
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Alois Auer.
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.