Female Street Sweeper and Child

Robert Branston, Jr. (English, 19th century)

William Marshall Craig (English, 1788–1828)

William Savage (English, 1770 – 1843)

1822

Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut

DimensionsSheet: 39.9 × 26.6 cm (15 11/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Image: 22.6 × 14.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK58

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InscriptionsOn mat, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: "Female Street Sweeper and Child." / Drawn by W. M. Craig. Cut by Branston. -- 3 Blocks. / 1, 2 +3 block. (Fin.)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.