Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris
1864
Medium
Etching in black and gold on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 13.8 cm (4 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.); Plate image: 12.9 × 14.5 cm (5 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate verse: 5.1 × 8.2 cm (2 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.6 × 34 cm (13 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
106699
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...