Benjamin Fillon
1862
Medium
etching in red and black on Japan laid paper
Dimensions
image: 9.7 × 8.1 cm (3 13/16 × 3 3/16 in.) plate: 12.7 × 11.1 cm (5 × 4 3/8 in.) sheet: 33.6 × 25.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2010.25.2
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...