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Print, Le Pont-au-Change (The Exchange Bridge)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Charles Meryon. It is dated 1854. Its medium is etching in black ink on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 15.4 × 33.3 cm (6 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.) Paper: 16.9 × 35.3 cm (6 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: "C. Merion del sculp. MLCCCLIIII"; lower right: "Impr. Rue Neuve S. Etienne du Mont. 26".

Cite this object as

Print, Le Pont-au-Change (The Exchange Bridge); Print Maker: Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868); France; etching in black ink on white paper; Plate: 15.4 × 33.3 cm (6 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.) Paper: 16.9 × 35.3 cm (6 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-412

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