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Object Type
print
Museum number
1866,0210.264
Title
Object:
Ministère de la Marine, Paris
Description
View of the Admiralty, Paris with fantastical sea creatures, chariots, birds and ships flying through air towards it, from r, with numerous massed figures below; Place de la Concorde seen beyond at r. 1865 Etching, printed in brown-black ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Meryon
School/style
French
Production date
1865
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
167 millimetres
Width:
146 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See curator's comment for 1920,0615.34.
Bibliographic references
Delteil+Wright / Catalogue raisonné of the etchings of Charles Meryon
(45.V)
Schneiderman 1990 / The Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Charles Meryon
(94.V)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
civic building
allegory/personification
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Paris
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Cadart & Luquet
Acquisition date
1866
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1866,0210.264