Etchings of Paris: The Mortuary

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Etchings of Paris: The Mortuary

Charles MeryonLinkedCulture matchlcp-329f1df2ad32

Date
1854
Medium
etching and drypoint
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
132444

One of the greatest French etchers and an important figure in the mid-19th-century etching revival, Meryon devoted himself exclusively to drawing and printmaking by the age of 28. Continually experimenting to achieve the desired nuances of light and shadow, he developed his compositions through numerous states and printed on a variety of papers, favoring pale green for some of his most beautiful impressions. Meryon specialized in views of Paris, often recording older areas, like the morgue building dating from 1568, soon to disappear with the modernization of the city.

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The Milton Curtiss Rose Collection in memory of Evelyn Curtiss Rose

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