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Maker(s):Meryon, Charles
Culture:French (1821-1868)
Title:La Morgue
Date Made:1854
Type:Print
Materials:Etching with drypoint on laid paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:Overall: 16 3/8 in x 10 5/16 in; 41.6 cm x 26.2 cm; Mount: 20 1/16 in x 16 1/16 in; 51 cm x 40.8 cm; Plate: 9 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in; 23.2 cm x 20.6 cm; Image: 8 7/16 in x 7 7/16 in; 21.4 cm x 18.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (pencil): [ill.] 2nd plate ; INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. l. (pencil): 70853- ; INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. r. (pencil): Py ; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (etching, within plate): C. Meryon del. sculp. mdccclir ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (etching, within plate):Inip. Ruc [ill.] St Etienne-du-Mont-n 26_
Accession Number:  MH 2011.5.1
Credit Line:Purchase with the Susan and Bernard Schilling (Susan Eisenhart, Class of 1932) Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
City view with houses standing besides the river banks and smoke rising from a chimney on the right. In the river along the bottom of the image are long, covered boats. In the lower left, a body is carried along the riverbank and a crowd lines the embankment to watch.

Subjects:
Etching; drypoints (prints)

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