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Figures lean over the balustrade of a canal's stone wall holding aloft multi-storied buildings.…
La Morgue
Figures lean over the balustrade of a canal's stone wall holding aloft multi-storied buildings.…
Figures lean over the balustrade of a canal's stone wall holding aloft multi-storied buildings. In the foreground a barge sweeps down the river.
La Morgue, Charles Meryon, 1926, photogravure on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

La Morgue

Artist (French, 1821 - 1868)
Date1926
MediumPhotogravure on paper
DimensionsImage: 8 9/16 × 7 1/2 inches (21.7 × 19.1 cm)
Plate: 9 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (24.1 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/16 × 11 7/8 inches (39.2 × 30.2 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Eaux-Fortes sur Paris par C. Meryon" portfolio
Credit LineGift of the Merci Train of the Republic of France.
Object number1949.10.13
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