# Etchings of Paris: The Mortuary

By [Charles Meryon](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/charles-meryon.md>), 1854.

## Details

- Medium: etching and drypoint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 33.7 x 29.2 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.); Platemark: 23.1 x 20.7 cm (9 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.893>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A low riverside building sits beneath densely layered houses as figures gather by the water.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-8a86f974f5b3f67a/full.jpg?v=38936a5d2f33c740cbfc5b35ea1c77b4b74312d8388d48131c9e07df0609b7ab>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.893. The Milton Curtiss Rose Collection in memory of Evelyn Curtiss Rose. CC0 Open Access.
- The Milton Curtiss Rose Collection in memory of Evelyn Curtiss Rose
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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