Dedicatory Verses by Meryon to Reinier Nooms, Called Zeeman
Charles Meryon
1854
Medium
Etching in black and red on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 17.4 × 6.9 cm (6 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Plate: 17.4 × 6.9 cm (6 7/8 × 2 3/4 in.); Sheet: 43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
47182
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...