Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris
Charles Meryon
1863–64
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 31.3 × 43.3 cm (12 3/8 × 17 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 49.7 cm (13 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
44588
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...