The Mortuary, Paris (La Morgue)

1854

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and drypoint on laid paper; third state of seven
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 13/16 in. (22.2 x 19.8 cm)
Collection no.: 67.630.8
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Charles Meryon. The Mortuary, Paris (La Morgue). Charles Meryon; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Mortuary, Paris (La Morgue) — Charles Meryon. 1854.

Medium: Etching and drypoint on laid paper; third state of seven. Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 13/16 in. (22.2 x 19.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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