Chantrey Street, Paris
1862
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 28.7 × 13.4 cm (11 5/16 × 5 5/16 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 14.8 cm (11 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 31.5 cm (17 15/16 × 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47238
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...