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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)

Date

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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