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Returning from the Boar-Hunt

Alexander Anderson (American, 1775–1870)
After: Johann Elias Ridinger (German, 1698–1767)
before 1900

Medium/Technique Wood engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 40.7 × 30.8 cm (16 × 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2233
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsReproductions

Catalogue Raisonné Pomeroy 587
InscriptionsLower left, in block: Ridinger pinx.
Lower right, in block: Anderson sc.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. 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. 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.