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Pont-au-Change, Paris

Amethyst box shaped like an officer's helmet with a gold arms motif on front. Clasp set with rubies and diamonds.
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  • Amethyst box shaped like an officer's helmet with a gold arms motif on front. Clasp set with rubies and diamonds.

Date:

1854

Artist:

Charles Meryon
French, 1821-1868

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Meryon

Title

Pont-au-Change, Paris

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1854

Medium

Etching on ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto upper left corner, in plate, in image: (Meryon's monogram); signed lower left, in plate, below image: “C. Meryon del. sculp. mdcccliii”; inscribed lower right, in plate, below image: "Imp. R. Neuve St. Etienne-du-Mont, 26."

Dimensions

Image, including stray marks: 15 × 32.4 cm (5 15/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Plate: 15.7 × 33.2 cm (6 3/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Primary support: 14.2 × 32.6 cm (5 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 32.3 × 45.1 cm (12 3/4 × 17 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1909.279

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