La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

1854

Charles Meryon

Artist, French, 1821 - 1868

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Myron A. Hofer

  • 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

  • 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


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