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A photogravure of a plain stone building with deep horizontal, rectangular windows looming abov…
La rue des mauvais garcons
A photogravure of a plain stone building with deep horizontal, rectangular windows looming abov…
A photogravure of a plain stone building with deep horizontal, rectangular windows looming above figures standing below.
La rue des mauvais garcons, Charles Meryon, 1926, photogravure on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

La rue des mauvais garcons

Artist (French, 1821 - 1868)
Date1926
MediumPhotogravure on paper
DimensionsImage: 5 × 3 7/8 inches (12.7 × 9.8 cm)
Plate: 5 11/16 × 4 3/16 inches (14.4 × 10.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 7/8 inches (38.4 × 30.2 cm)
Matted: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Eaux-Fortes sur Paris par C. Meryon" portfolio
MarkingsOriginal mat stamped in black ink on the front bottom right corner: "6"
Credit LineGift of the Merci Train of the Republic of France.
Object number1949.10.6
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