# Couple by a Ruined House

- By: Alexandre Calame (Swiss, 1810 - 1864)
- Date: 1838/1850
- Medium: etching
- Classification: Portfolio
- Dimensions: plate: 17.9 x 25 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) ; sheet: 27 x 35.8 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
- Credit line: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.152417.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/d5ba565b-15ba-4ef5-b1ba-bdc864faa206/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)