La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)
1854
Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.2 × 19 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
plate (cut to platemark ): 23.3 × 20.9 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1946.14.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schneiderman 1990, no. 42, State iv/vii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Myron A. Hofer [1893-1963]; gift to NGA, 1946.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1924
Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.
1990
Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.
Inscriptions
"C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliv" lower left margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Rue neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont. No 26.-" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. Verso: none.
Markings
"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d). (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink.
Wikidata ID
Q65071221