A Water-Mill Near Saint-Denis
Charles Meryon
1850
Medium
Etching, engraving and roulette on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.1 × 23.8 cm (5 3/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.1 × 24.7 cm (5 9/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63749
About the Artist
Charles Meryon · 1821–1868
Charles Meryon, born on November 23, 1821, in Paris, was the illegitimate son of English physician Dr. Charles Lewis Meryon and dancer Pierre-Narcisse Chaspoux (stage name Narcisse Gentil) at the Paris Opéra. His half-sister Fanny, from his mother's prior relationship with Viscount Lowther, remained in contact after their mother's death in 1838. Raised partly outside Paris before attending Pension...