Church of St. Etienne du Mont, Paris
1852
Medium
Etching on ivory wove chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Primary support: 24.7 × 13 cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 32.1 × 21.3 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
117249
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...