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Blue Kite

Blue Kite

(American, 1848–1920)
(American, 1849–1900)
1872
Medium/TechniqueEtching and roulette
DimensionsSheet: 30.2 × 25.3 cm (11 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK1848
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left, in plate: Birds of Florida Upper right, in plate: Plate 1 Lower center, below branch, in plate: C. A. Walker Sc. Lower center, in plate: Rostrhamus Socialibis Verso, in graphite: Gift of Chas. A Walker / Dec. 7. 1891 / K.
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.