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Exposition Universelle de 1878
Printer and Publisher: Société générale des applications photographiques (SGAP) (French)
French
1878-1890
Medium/Technique
Woodburytype
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.3 × 25 cm (8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a photograph.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Sgap
Lower right, in plate: 3. rue de l'Echelle Paris
Lower center, in plate: Photoglyptie / Exposition Universelle de 1878 / (Vue Intérieure)
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Slyvester Koehler: From Prof. Chandler / 1890
Lower right, in plate: 3. rue de l'Echelle Paris
Lower center, in plate: Photoglyptie / Exposition Universelle de 1878 / (Vue Intérieure)
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Slyvester Koehler: From Prof. Chandler / 1890
Provenance1890, acquired from Professor Charles Frederick Chandler (b. 1836 - d. 1925), New York, by 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.