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Morning on the Marsh
1886
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 30.3 × 38 cm (11 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe MFA has multiple versions of this print, including eight impressions, various working and two Japan proofs.
From American Art: Illustrated by Twenty-Five Plates, Executed by the Best American Etchers and Wood Engravers […] (Cassell & Co., 1886), by Sylvester Rosa Koehler.
From American Art: Illustrated by Twenty-Five Plates, Executed by the Best American Etchers and Wood Engravers […] (Cassell & Co., 1886), by Sylvester Rosa Koehler.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsLower left, in block: J. Francis Murphy
Lower right, in block: Geo A. Teel
Lower left, in graphite: Morning on the Marsh. American Art, 1886
Lower right, in block: Geo A. Teel
Lower left, in graphite: Morning on the Marsh. American Art, 1886
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.