Charles Meryon
The Mortuary, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 320 × 238 mm. (12 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Plate: 231 × 205 mm. (9 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Image: 212 × 188 mm. (8 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 19 in the series "Eaux-fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.22
From Delâtre's own collection - bought from Bendann in 1913
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, "Prints: 1800-1945," Mar. 23 - Sept. 26, 1966.
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliv-"; below image, lower right, in plate "Imp. Rue neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont. No. 26.-"; above image, upper right, in graphite "No 19"; below image, lower right, in graphite "Aug. Delâtre" Verso: upper left in graphite circle with "1"; center in graphite "44"; lower left in graphite "a48045[underlined] / eux"; lower center left in graphite "theo(?)bald"; lower center in graphite "1."
Markings: CM: Conrad(?) (not in Lugt); Dowdeswell (Lugt 690) WM: [indecipherable]
