La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary), 1854

Not on View

Medium

etching on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Myron A. Hofer

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 42, State iv/vii

Accession Number

1946.14.1

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"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.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink. (unidentified collector's stamp) verso, black stamped ink.

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.