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La Grande Soeur
Author: Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (French, 1802–1872)
After: William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
Printer: Goupil & Co. (French, active in 1850s–1890s)
After: William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
Printer: Goupil & Co. (French, active in 1850s–1890s)
French
Medium/Technique
Silver print
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.1 × 21.9 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR64.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPage from Sylvester Rosa Koehler's copy of Louis Blanquart-Evrard's "La Photographie."
Bottom left: "Peint par Bouguereau"
Bottom right: "Photographié par Goupil & Cie"
Bottom left beneath title: "Musée Goupil & Cie 592"
Botton center: "Publié par GOUPIL & CIE Editeurs, Paris Londres, Berlin, La Haye, New York"
Bottom left: "Peint par Bouguereau"
Bottom right: "Photographié par Goupil & Cie"
Bottom left beneath title: "Musée Goupil & Cie 592"
Botton center: "Publié par GOUPIL & CIE Editeurs, Paris Londres, Berlin, La Haye, New York"
InscriptionsVerso, center, in graphite: From Blanquart-Evrard. / Silver-print
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. 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. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.