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A grey cardboard portfolio box with an image mimicking a carved stone slab with blue text on th…
Portfolio Box and Introductory Pages
A grey cardboard portfolio box with an image mimicking a carved stone slab with blue text on th…
A grey cardboard portfolio box with an image mimicking a carved stone slab with blue text on the front.
Portfolio Box and Introductory Pages, Charles Meryon, 1926, Portfolio: cardboard, paper; Introductory Pages: paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Portfolio Box and Introductory Pages

Artist (French, 1821 - 1868)
Date1926
MediumPortfolio: cardboard, paper; Introductory Pages: paper
DimensionsPortfolio closed: 16 15/16 × 13 × 1 1/8 inches (43 × 33 × 2.9 cm)
Portfolio open: 16 15/16 × 35 1/2 inches (43 × 90.2 cm)
Introductory pages folded: 16 3/8 × 12 3/8 inches (41.6 × 31.4 cm)
Introdcutory pages unfolded: 16 3/8 × 24 7/8 inches (41.6 × 63.2 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Eaux-Fortes sur Paris par C. Meryon" portfolio
Credit LineGift of the Merci Train of the Republic of France.
Object number1949.10.21.a-.f
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