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Returning from the Boar-Hunt
probably 1881
Medium/Technique
Phototype of a wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 45.2 × 31.3 cm (17 13/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Pomeroy 587
DescriptionThis reproduction of Anderson's wood engraving of 1818 (see MFA accession number M10459) was likely prepared for William James Linton, The History of Wood-Engraving in America (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882), for which the image serves as frontispiece.
Linton's text was also serialized over the course of 1881 and 1882 in The American Art Review, which was edited by Sylvester Koehler, donor of the print and the MFA's first curator of prints.
Linton's text was also serialized over the course of 1881 and 1882 in The American Art Review, which was edited by Sylvester Koehler, donor of the print and the MFA's first curator of prints.
InscriptionsLower left, in block: Ridinger pinx.
Lower right, in block: Anderson sc.
Lower center, in letterpress: Returning from the Boar-Hunt.
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.
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.