Dedicatory verses by Meryon to Reiner Nooms, called Zeeman
Medium
Etching on laid paper; only state
Dimensions
plate: 6 15/16 x 2 11/16 in. (17.6 x 6.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.78.9
About the Artist
Charles Meryon|Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman · 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...