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Relief Aquatint Block
James Shirley Hodson (English, 1819 – 1899)
Published by: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (English, 1848–1969)
Published by: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (English, 1848–1969)
English
1884
Medium/Technique
Relief-etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.2 × 21.7 cm (5 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1891
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAquatint in relief.
Taken from An Historical and Practical Guide to Art Illustration by James Shirley Hodson (London, 1884).
Taken from An Historical and Practical Guide to Art Illustration by James Shirley Hodson (London, 1884).
Signed
Lower right, in image: S.H.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in letterpress: Relief Aquatint Block.-Designed and aquatinted by Shirley Hodson.
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: From Hodson. / 12.
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: From Hodson. / 12.
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.