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Dartmouth Salt Works
Robert Swain Gifford (American, 1840–1905)
American
1878
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.3 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)
Platemark: 15 × 22.7 cm (5 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 15 × 22.7 cm (5 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1210
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wright 15
Signed
Lower center, in plate: R. Swain Gifford
Lower right, in graphite: R. Swain Gifford
Lower right, in graphite: R. Swain Gifford
Marks
Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: R. Swain Gifford 78
Lower right, in plate: Dartmouth Salt Works
Lower right, in graphite: R. Swain Gifford / 1879
Lower right, in plate: Dartmouth Salt Works
Lower right, in graphite: R. Swain Gifford / 1879
ProvenanceBy 1898, gift of Robert Swain Gifford (b. 1840 - d. 1905), New York, to 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. 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.