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executed thus: the plate is set upright on an easel, the etching needle is held at
arm's length (like a rapier), and the hand moves slowly from top to bottom."
R. Castinelli, ! . Charles Meryon," Introduction to Charles Meryon, Eau,x-fortes
sur Paris, p. iii. [J2a,2]
Meryon produced his twenty-two etchings of Paris between 1852 and 1854.
[J2a,3]
When did the "Paris article" first appear? []2a,4]
What Baudelaire says about a drawing by Daumier on the subject of cholera
could also apply to certain engravings by Meryon: "True to its ironic custom in
times of great calamity and political upheaval, the sky of Paris is superb; it is
quite white and incandescent with heat;' Charles Baudelaire, Les DesJins de
Daumier (paris