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John George Brown (American (born in England), 1831–1913)
American
1884
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 46.1 × 35.3 cm (18 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 34.4 × 25.1 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 34.4 × 25.1 cm (13 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK821
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
First working
DescriptionTrial proof. Published in Twenty Original Etchings, Cassel & Co. for the New York Etching Club, New York, 1884.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Koehler Collection (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsUpper right, in graphite: 72
Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Trial proof. 1st working state. (June 1884.)
Lower left, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: Trial proof. 1st working state. (June 1884.)
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.