College Henri IV (ou Lycée Napoléon)
Charles Meryon
1863–64
Medium
Etching on laid paper; fifth state of eleven
Dimensions
plate: 11 3/4 x 19 in. (29.8 x 48.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous gift, 1917
Accession Number
17.69
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Buildings
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...