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Lunar Law, No. 1

A work made of etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1856

Artist:

Charles Meryon
French, 1821-1868

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Meryon

Title

Lunar Law, No. 1

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1856

Medium

Etching with foul biting, hand-colored with watercolor, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 15.1 × 24.4 cm (6 × 9 5/8 in.); Plate: 15.5 × 24.4 cm (6 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 20.1 × 25.8 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Reference Number

1917.759

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