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The Mora Players

Frederick Dielman (American (born in Germany), 1847–1935)
Printed by: Kimmel & Voigt (Printing Co.)
American
1883

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 35.7 × 45.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1001
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTrial proof on heavy paper
Signed Lower left, in plate: Frederick Dielman 1883
Marks Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsUpper left margin, in graphite: Kimmel and Vogel proof / This is the way I _don't_ like it. F. D.
Lower left margin, in graphite: Trial proof, from bare plate.
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.