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Two Scenes (one with lightning)
French
1866
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.3 × 13.3 cm (8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK4506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Beraldi (1889) 23 - 30; Villet (2016) 30; Lalanne (1882) 27 - 34; Bibliothèque Nationale (1932) 12; Gutekunst (1905) 23 - 30
DescriptionIssued as an illustration for Lalanne's "Traité de la Gravure."
Marks
Verso, in graphite, the handwritten collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 5017)
Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, in purple ink, the mark of the MFA's Koehler Coll. No. 4507 (number in graphite) (Lugt 1581)
Verso, in purple ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
Verso, in purple ink, the mark of the MFA's Koehler Coll. No. 4507 (number in graphite) (Lugt 1581)
InscriptionsUpper center, in plate: Pl. 5.
In upper image, upper left: Fig. 1.
In lower image, at upper left: Fig. 2.
In lower image, lower right. M L
Lower right, in plate: Imp. Delatre
Verso, lower right, in graphite: Ber. 23 - 30
In upper image, upper left: Fig. 1.
In lower image, at upper left: Fig. 2.
In lower image, lower right. M L
Lower right, in plate: Imp. Delatre
Verso, lower right, in graphite: Ber. 23 - 30
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.