Chevrier's Cold Bath Establishment, Paris
Charles Meryon
1864
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 14.4 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 13 × 14.4 cm (5 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet, folded: 33.2 × 44.9 cm (13 1/8 × 17 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47241
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...