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Charles Meryon

The Mortuary, Paris, 1854

Description

Maker

  • Charles Meryon, 1821-1868, French

Title

The Mortuary, Paris

Year

1854

Medium

Etching and drypoint on beige-colored, moderately textured laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching,
  • drypoint

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/image: 22.9 x 20.6 cm (9 x 8 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and inscribed by the artist, below image, at left: "C. Meryon imp. del. sculp. mdcccliv" and, at right: "Imp. Rue neuve St Etienne-du-Mont - no. 26"; inscribed on recto, in graphite, lc: LC; in graphite, at ll: a33091; in graphite, at lr: 7EX; in graphite, at lc: 1/c.

Identification

State

iv/vii

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.786

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Read Online

Bulletin of Rhode Island School of Design, Museum Notes

Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Mortuary, Paris with the accession number of 84.198.786. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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