Description
- Abstract:
- A glimpse of the Paris Morgue's interior. The left wall of the entrance hall consisted of a row of windows through which guests could see the "salle d'exposition" where cadavers were laid out on iron tables, their clothes hung from thick iron hooks over their heads. The use of these hooks is a reminder of the building's previous incarnation as a butcher's shop.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Hoffbauer,
"Vue intérieure de la Morgue en 1855"
(1875).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86719/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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