The morgue or public charnel house of Paris on a bank of the Seine. A woman turns in horror from a corpse; an officer of the guards contemplates a female cadaver; and an attendant smokes a pipe. Handcoloured aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from 鈥楢 Tour through Paris;' William Sams; London; 1825. Illustration copied from Richard Peake's 鈥楩rench Characteristic Costumes;' 1819.