La Morgue, Paris (Primary Title)

Charles Meryon, French, 1821 - 1868 (Artist)

1854
French
Works On Paper
Prints
etching printed in brownish-black on laid paper
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 3/16 in. (24.13 × 20.8 cm)
Plate: 9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (23.18 × 20.64 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in. (21.27 × 18.89 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
35.1.87
Not on view
Printed beneath image, lower left: "C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliv"; lower right: "Imp. Rue neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont. No 26." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "No. 54 C.B. 48 2e Etat"
Bequest of John Barton Payne
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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