Address-Card of the Printseller, Rochoux
c. 1855
Medium
Etching, from two plates, one printed in black and the other in red, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 9.2 × 12 cm (3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Plate: 9.2 × 12 cm (3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 13.8 × 16 cm (5 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63691
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...