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Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Sylvester Rosa Koehler

(American (born in Scotland), 1838–1909)
(American (born in Germany), 1837–1900)
about 1888
Medium/TechniqueEtching; printed on engraved letterhead printed with metallic ink
DimensionsSheet: 24 × 14.7 cm (9 7/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK1773
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsTop center, engraved in plate for the letterhead: Kimmel & Voigt / Steel, Copper, & Photo / Plate Printers / Etching Printing a Speciality / Art Plate Printing in All its Branches. 242 Canal Street, New York 188[.] Top left, engraved in plate for the letterhead: References / to All Leading / Publishing / Houses / and Most Prominent / Etchers Left center, engraved in plate for the letterhead: H.E.F. Voigt / Geo. R. Kimmel Verso, in brown ink: [note from Sylvester Koehler]
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.