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Faith
English
1776
Medium/Technique
Stipple engraving printed in two colors, rubbed in one plate (yellow added by hand)
Dimensions
Sheet: 27.2 × 21.2 cm (10 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Platemark: 23 × 18.6 cm (9 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 23 × 18.6 cm (9 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK242
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left border of roundel, in plate: Angelica Kauffman Pinxt.
Lower right border of roundel, in plate: Wm. Wynne Ryland Sculpt.
Lower center, in plate: Faith / For Modes of Faith let graceless Zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. / Pope
Lower center, in plate: Publish'd April 2nd. 1776, by W. W. Ryland, Engraver to his Majesty, No. 159, Strand London.
Verso, in graphite: H18181 ws / 115.
Verso, in graphite: A [?] / 570 [?]
Lower right border of roundel, in plate: Wm. Wynne Ryland Sculpt.
Lower center, in plate: Faith / For Modes of Faith let graceless Zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. / Pope
Lower center, in plate: Publish'd April 2nd. 1776, by W. W. Ryland, Engraver to his Majesty, No. 159, Strand London.
Verso, in graphite: H18181 ws / 115.
Verso, in graphite: A [?] / 570 [?]
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.
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.