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The Mortuary, Paris

Charles Meryon

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a black and white etching of a city scene. The scene shows a large building with a tiled roof and several windows on the right side. A canal or river runs along the bottom of the image, with a bridge spanning it. On the left side of the image, there are several buildings stacked on top of each other, with smoke coming out of their chimneys. Several people are standing on a wall overlooking the canal, and a few people are on the bridge or near the water. The sky is cloudy. The etching is on a piece of off-white paper with a rough texture. There is writing at the bottom of the etching but it is illegible.

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751 × 900 px
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