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La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary), Charles Meryon, 1854, etching and drypoint on laid paper

La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary)

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Artist: Charles Meryon
Date: 1854
Medium: etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions: image: 21.2 × 18.9 cm (8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in.); plate: 23 × 20.5 cm (9 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.); sheet (irreg.): 35.9 × 26.4 cm (14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
Location: National Gallery of Art
Credit: Rosenwald Collection

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Charles Meryon, La morgue, Paris (The Mortuary), 1854, etching and drypoint on laid paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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