Crossing the Desert

Robert Hinshelwood (American, 1812–after 1875)

Henri Duvieux (French, 1855 – 1902?)

1870

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 17.8 × 28 cm (7 × 11 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK1327

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ClassificationsPrints

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InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Painted by M. Duvieux Lower right, in plate: Engraved by R. Hinshelwood Lower center, in plate: Crossing the Desert / Engraved for the "Ladies Repository" (Cincinnati) from the original picture owned by J. H. Lazarus, N. A. Verso, in graphite: Baker, Am.Engrv, p. 82.

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.