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Sunset

William Miller (American, 1850–1923)
After: George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
American
1886

Medium/Technique Wood engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 19.4 × 27.7 cm (7 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberM6416
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionSigned proof on thin Japan.
From American Art: Illustrated by Twenty-Five Plates, Executed by the Best American Etchers and Wood Engravers […] (Cassell & Co., 1886), by Sylvester Rosa Koehler.
Signed Lower right, in graphite: Willy Miller
Lower center, in graphite: Geo. Inness
InscriptionsLower right, in block: W. Miller
Provenance1889, gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: April 9, 1889)

NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900.