Charles Meryon
The Mortuary, Paris
1854
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 310 × 254 mm. (12 3/16 × 10 in.)
Plate: 234 × 209 mm. (9 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Image: 215 × 192 mm. (8 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 19 in the series "Eaux-fortes sur Paris" (1852-1854)
Credit Line
Bequest of Henry G. Burke, Baltimore
Object Number
1990.25
Jay Fisher, BMA, "The Print and Drawing Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition," 22 September - 19 December, 1993.
Jay FIsher, BMA, "A Decade of Print Acquisitions 1985-1995," 17 April - 23 June 1996.
Jay FIsher, BMA, "A Decade of Print Acquisitions 1985-1995," 17 April - 23 June 1996.
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. - " Verso: lower left in graphite "A 645 91"; lower center in graphite "[indecipherable symbol]"; lower center right in graphite "Donon Collection"; lower right in graphite "FEOV XV[underlined]"
Markings: None
