Portrait of Frederick Stuart Church in His Studio

Firm of E. S. Bennett (American, active 1880–1900)

Frederick Stuart Church (American, 1842–1924)

1893

Medium/TechniquePhotograph: gelatin silver print

DimensionsMount: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession number98.1833

On View

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ClassificationsPhotographs

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InscriptionsRecto, in ink: Mr. Koehler, compliments of F. S. Church Verso, in ink: Given me in New York at his studio, by F. S. Church, Feb. 8, 1893. S. R. Koehler.ProvenanceFebruary 8, 1893, from the sitter (Frederick Stuart Church) to Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig, Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2007)

NOTE:
Sylvester Rosa Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.