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Flying fish and horses mounted by warriors soar towards a colonnaded building.
Le Ministère de la Marine
Flying fish and horses mounted by warriors soar towards a colonnaded building.
Flying fish and horses mounted by warriors soar towards a colonnaded building.
Le Ministère de la Marine, Charles Meryon, 1926, photogravure on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Le Ministère de la Marine

Artist (French, 1821 - 1868)
Date1926
MediumPhotogravure on paper
DimensionsImage: 5 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (13.7 × 12.4 cm)
Image (Image with text): 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (14.9 × 12.4 cm)
Plate: 6 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (16.5 × 14.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 15/16 inches (39.7 × 30.3 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: "20"; Mark on the front bottom center of the margin featuring the letter "M" encompassed in a sideways "C" above a female symbol.
Credit LineGift of the Merci Train of the Republic of France.
Object number1949.10.20
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