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Sleeping Girl
William James Linton (American (born in England), 1812–1898)
After: Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
After: Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
American
1880
Medium/Technique
Wood engraving printed on chine
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 × 22.7 cm (7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK2629
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIndia Proof
The wood engraving was prepared for publication in The American Art Review, vol. 1, no. 9 (July 1880): opposite page 369.
The wood engraving was prepared for publication in The American Art Review, vol. 1, no. 9 (July 1880): opposite page 369.
InscriptionsLower left, in block: W. Linton 1880
Along left margin, in graphite: The flesh here is printed without any overlay at all except in the solid blacks / of eye, none [?], I mouth.
On mount, lower left, in graphite: Am. Art Review, Vol. I. 1880.
Along left margin, in graphite: The flesh here is printed without any overlay at all except in the solid blacks / of eye, none [?], I mouth.
On mount, lower left, in graphite: Am. Art Review, Vol. I. 1880.
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.