Benjamin Fillon, homme de lettres
1862
Medium
Etching, from a tin plate, on ivory laid China paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 11.1 cm (5 1/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 32.2 cm (16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47338
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...