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Exhibition History"Prints and Poetry" Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Masterworks on Paper: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa October 10, 1998 - January 24, 1999

"Prints of the 19th Century," Des Moines, Drake University Art Gallery

"City Views," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Published ReferencesMASTERS OF ETCHING, CHARLES MERYON, introduction by Malcoln C. Salaman, published by The Studio, London, pl. X

ETCHERS AND ETCHING, by Joseph Pennell, published by MacMillan Co., N.Y. (4th Edition) ill. p. 41. Quote: "The finest among the few fine plates Meryon ever did."
DimensionsSheet: 10 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (27 × 24.4 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (21.3 × 19.1 cm)
Accession Number 1974.48
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsC. Meryon del-sculp-1854 (printed in plate l/l below image) Imp-Rue ne uve St. Etienne-du-Mont No 26 (printed in plate l/r below image)
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil and Wright 36 | Schneiderman 42 iv/vi
Edition4th state of 8
La Morgue (The Morgue)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines