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Relief-Etching

Adrien Dembour (French, 1799–1887)
French
1835

Medium/Technique Relief-etching (ectypographic métallique)
Dimensions Sheet: 26.2 × 17.9 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1892
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDrawn on the plate.
InscriptionsVerso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Koehler / Aus Dembour. / ([Illegible])
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. 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.