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The Clock Tower, Paris, 1852. Etching and engraving on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper.
Etching and engraving on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper · Image: 25.7 × 18.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Clock Tower, Paris
- Artist
- Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868
- Date
- 1852
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on verdâtre (greenish) laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.7 × 18.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 25.7 × 18.5 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 29.2 × 21.7 cm (11 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1821–1868
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.