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The Romany Girl

Frederick Juengling (American (born in Germany), 1846–1889)
After: George Fuller (American, 1822–1884)
American
1886

Medium/Technique Wood engraving on chine
Dimensions Platemark: 19.7 × 15.8 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 30.3 × 23.7 cm (11 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK3490
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe MFA owns several impressions of this print, in various stages of completion. (See accession numbers: K3488, K3489)
Signed Lower right, in graphite: Fred Juengling
Marks Recto, at lower center, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper left, in block: Fred Juengling / NY N.Y. sc. '86
Lower right, in block: G Fuller
Lower right, in graphite: Fred Juengling
Lower left, in graphite: Finished. -- Rced. Nov. 23. 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.