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The Astronomer
19th century
Medium/Technique
Relief-etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.2 × 23.5 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1890
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionCrayon in relief. Drawn on a grained zinc plate.
Signed
Lower left, in image: C.Stahl.N.Y.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in letterpress: The Astronomer. / From an Oil Painting in the Celebrated Vernon Gallery. / Printed upon a Campbell "Country" 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.