Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris
1863–64
Medium
Etching on grayish ivory chine, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image, including stray marks: 23.7 × 42.6 cm (9 3/8 × 16 13/16 in.); Plate: 29.6 × 48 cm (11 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.); Primary support: 28.6 × 46.1 cm (11 5/16 × 18 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 32.3 × 49.2 cm (12 3/4 × 19 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51482
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...