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The Path to the Shore
Robert Swain Gifford (American, 1840–1905)
American
1879
Medium/Technique
Etching on textured wove
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.5 × 31.2 cm (8 7/8 × 12 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.1 × 19.9 cm (4 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 11.1 × 19.9 cm (4 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Wright 19
Signed
Lower left, in plate: R. Swain Gifford 79
Marks
Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
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. 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.