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The Prelude

Stephen Alonzo Schoff (American, 1818–1905)
After: Charles Sprague Pearce (American, 1851–1914)
American
1886

Medium/Technique Etching, printed in brown
Dimensions Sheet: 35.5 × 28.2 cm (14 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1962
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFirst working proof. The MFA holds sequential proofs of this work, see accession numbers K1962 - K1965, and M6396.
Marks Verso, in violet, the collector's mark of Sylvester Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsVerso, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Koehler: This is the first working proof, off the / acid, without any dry point or graver / work, so Mr. Schoff assures me. / S. R. Koehler
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.