The Clock Tower, Paris

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Maker: Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868), printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907)
Date: 1852
Medium: Etching, engraving and drypoint (plate has been scraped and burnished) on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image, including stray marks: 26.2 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Primary support: 25 × 18.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 43.7 × 32.3 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Just a moment

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Maker: Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868), printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907)
Date: 1852
Medium: Etching, engraving and drypoint (plate has been scraped and burnished) on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image, including stray marks: 26.2 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Plate: 26.3 × 18.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.); Primary support: 25 × 18.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 43.7 × 32.3 cm (17 1/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
Place of origin: France
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0