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The Sickly Cryptogam

A work made of etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres.
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  • A work made of etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres.

Date:

1860

Artist:

Charles Meryon
French, 1821-1868

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Meryon

Title

The Sickly Cryptogam

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1860

Medium

Etching with plate tone on blue-green laid paper with violet and red fibres

Dimensions

Image: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 7.1 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 19.3 × 15.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.4399

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