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Bringing Up the Guns
Printed by: Boussod, Valadon et Cie. (French, 19th century)
Published by: Judge Co. (New York, NY)
After: Gilbert Gaul
Published by: Judge Co. (New York, NY)
After: Gilbert Gaul
1889
Medium/Technique
Photo color-relief print (chromotypogravure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 42.5 × 64.1 cm (16 3/4 × 25 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1902
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPrinted as Supplement to "Judge," Christmas 1889.
Signed
Lower right, in painting: Gilbert Gaul
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in print: Supplement to "Judge" Christmas 1889.
Lower center, in print: Chrom otypogravure & Imprimerie Boussod, Valadon & Co. - Paris / Bringing Up the Guns / From a Picture Painted Expressly for the Christmas Judge / By Gilbert Gaul. N. A.
Lower right, in print: Copyright 1889 by the Judge Pub. Co.
Lower center, in print: Chrom otypogravure & Imprimerie Boussod, Valadon & Co. - Paris / Bringing Up the Guns / From a Picture Painted Expressly for the Christmas Judge / By Gilbert Gaul. N. A.
Lower right, in print: Copyright 1889 by the Judge Pub. Co.
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.