Charles MERYON
The mortuary
(La morgue)
1854

Medium
etching

Measurements
21.2 × 19.0 cm (image) 23.0 × 20.6 cm (plate) 32.4 × 32.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil-Wright 36, Schneiderman 42

Inscription
inscribed in plate l.l.: C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliv
inscribed in plate l.r.: Imp. Rue neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont- No 26-

Accession Number
1014-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Cityscapes Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
barges (flat-bottomed watercraft) buildings (structures) corpses (bodies) France (nation) morgues Paris (inhabited place) Seine River (river) spectators (event observers)