Collège Henry IV (or Lycée Napoléon), Paris
Charles Meryon
1863–64
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 22 × 41 cm (8 11/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 29.4 × 47.7 cm (11 5/8 × 18 13/16 in.); Sheet: 44.3 × 55.7 cm (17 1/2 × 21 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
63939
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...