Adresse de Rochoux, Marchand d'estampes (The Address-Card of Rochoux, a Printseller)
Charles Meryon
probably 1856
Medium
etching in red and black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.2 × 12 cm (3 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.4 × 19.5 cm (6 7/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6154
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...