Invitation to Attend the Cortege, Funeral Service, and Burial of Jean-Claude Mertrud, Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Museum of Natural History, Paris

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Invitation to Attend the Cortege, Funeral Service, and Burial of Jean-Claude Mertrud, Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Museum of Natural History, Paris

1802

Artist/maker unknown, French Printed by Administration Générale des Inhumations de la Commune de Paris

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Object Details

Titles:

Invitation to Attend the Cortege, Funeral Service, and Burial of Jean-Claude Mertrud, Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Museum of Natural History, Paris
Addressed to Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, Professor of Botany at the Museum of Natural History, Paris

Date:

1802

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, French Printed by Administration Générale des Inhumations de la Commune de Paris

Medium:

Broadsheet; cast metal type and relief printed monogram

Dimensions:

Sheet (irregular): 15 1/4 × 19 5/8 inches (38.7 × 49.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of John W. Ittmann, 2007

Accession Number:

2007-120-1

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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