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Returning from the Boar-Hunt

(American, 1775–1870)
(German, 1698–1767)
probably 1881
Medium/TechniquePhototype of a wood engraving
DimensionsSheet: 45.2 × 31.3 cm (17 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession numberK2234
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLower left, in block: Ridinger pinx. Lower right, in block: Anderson sc. Lower center, in letterpress: Returning from the Boar-Hunt.
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.