The Sickly Cryptogam

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, in black ink on ivory laid paper, printing à la poupée in red ink

Dimensions

Image: 7 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Plate: 7 × 5.9 cm (2 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.); Sheet: 10.9 × 9 cm (4 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1909.216

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