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Charles Meryon

La Tour de L'Horloge

Maker

Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868)
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer
C. W. Dowdeswell, publisher

Title

La Tour de L'Horloge

Year

1861

Medium

  • Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching on paper

Materials

etching

Supports

  • Light weight laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 26.4 x 18.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil, LL:r.r.o/y.y.o THI; in LC:42Verso:in pencil, LL: D.28; in LR:GKKK/C·EKKK; in LRcorner:1/HD 3-96/ 1D In Plate--Artist's monogram in UR; titled and inscribed, LC:LA TOUR DE L'HORLOGE./ A.DELATRE IMP. RUE S JACQUES, 265; numbered, LL:5

Marks: F.H. Gall Collector mark in purple ink on verso (Lugt 2935)
Unidentified collector mark in red ink on recto (Lugt 160)
RISD Museum stamp in brown ink on verso
C.W. Dowdeswall collector mark in grey ink on verso (Lugt 690)

Identification

State

x/x

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.701

Type

  • Prints

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868)
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer
C. W. Dowdeswell, publisher
La Tour de L'Horloge, 1861
Etching on paper
Image/plate: 26.4 x 18.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.701

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