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Taking a Proof on a Hand-Press
Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, founded in 1817)
American
19th century
Medium/Technique
Wood-engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7.7 × 12 cm (3 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1877
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom Harper's Monthly
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Taking a Proof on a Hand-Press.
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.