The Mortuary, Paris
1854
Sheet: 28.8 x 24 cm (11 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Image: 21.2 x 18.9 cm (8 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.); Plate: 23 x 20.6 cm (9 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.633
Charles Meryon used etching—a technique that involves drawing on a printing plate with a needle’s point—to create minutely detailed images of Paris that imaginatively present recognizable sites. This print features bateaux-lavoirs (wash boats) on the Seine River, where laundre...
Drawing
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Terms
Culture
France, 19th century
Technique
etching and drypoint on cream laid paper
Genre
Print
Department
Prints
Relations
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